The role of inherited tectono-sedimentary architecture in the development of the central Andean mountain belt: Insights from the Cordillera de Domeyko

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1520-1539

  Amilibia, A ^a   Sabat F ^a   McClay, K R ^b   Munoz J A ^a   Roca, E ^a   Chong, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Basin inversion; Central Andes; Oblique subduction; Porphyry copper deposits; Structural inheritance

Indexed keywords

BASIN INVERSION; CENTRAL ANDES; OBLIQUE SUBDUCTION; PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS; STRUCTURAL INHERITANCE;

BUILDINGS; COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; FOUNDATIONS; LANTHANUM; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL THICKENING; EMPLACEMENT; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; INVERSION TECTONICS; MESOZOIC; OBLIQUE FAULT; PORPHYRY; SLAB; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHILE; CORDILLERA DE DOMEYKO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56349124117     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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