Detachment and rotation of a metamorphic core complex during extensional deformation: Palaeomagnetic study of the Catalina-Rincon Core Complex, Basin and Range Province, Arizona

Tectonophysics

Volumn 488, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 191-209

  Piper, John D A ^a   Dagley, Peter ^a   Carpenter, Anna H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Catalina Rincon; Core complex; Extensional tectonics; Magnetic fabrics; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BASIN AND RANGE; CORE COMPLEX; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGNETIC FABRICS; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

FABRICS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OXIDE MINERALS; REMANENCE; ROCKS; ROTATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HANGING WALL; LAVA; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; MAGNETITE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TUFF; VOLCANIC ROCK; WALL ROCK;

ARIZONA; BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953807870     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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