Tectonic evolution of the Sierra Maestra Mountains, SE Cuba, during Tertiary times: From arc-continent collision to transform motion

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-151

  Rojas Agramonte, Y ^a,b,c   Neubauer, F ^c   Garcia Delgado, D E ^d   Handler, R ^c   Friedl, G ^c   Delgado Damas, R ^e  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Instituto Superior Minero Metalurgico   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

^e Instituto de Geologia y Paleontologia La Habana   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Cuba; Paleostress analysis; Post orogenic extension; Sierra maestra; Transform fault; Volcanic arc

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CARIBBEAN PLATE; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; ISLAND ARC; NEOGENE; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; OROGENY; PALEOGENE; PALEOSTRESS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT; TRANSFORM FAULT; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; SIERRA MAESTRA;

EID: 50649087952     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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