Refolding of thin-skinned thrust sheets by active basement-involved thrust faults in the Eastern Precordillera of western Argentina

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 589-603

  Meigs, Andrew ^a   Krugh, William C ^b   Schiffman, Celia ^a   Vergés, Jaume ^c   Ramos, Victor A ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

1944 earthquake; Flexural slip fault; La Laja; Neotectonics; San Juan; Villicum

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MONOCLINE; NEOTECTONICS; RED BED; RIVER TERRACE; SAN JUAN EARTHQUAKE 1944; THRUST FAULT;

ARGENTINA; PRECORDILLERA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 46349096665     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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