Flow of ultra-hot orogens: A view from the Precambrian, clues for the Phanerozoic

Tectonophysics

Volumn 477, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 105-118

  Chardon, Dominique ^a,b,c   Gapais, Denis ^d   Cagnard, Florence ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Accretionary orogen; Hot orogen; Orogenic flow; Phanerozoic; Precambrian; Ultra hot orogen

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; KINEMATICS; LITHOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ACCRETIONARY; HOT OROGEN; OROGENIC FLOW; PHANEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; ULTRA-HOT OROGEN;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THINNING; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATISM; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; PLUTONISM; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 70350142576     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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