A balanced foreland-hinterland deformation model for the Southern Variscan belt of Sardinia, Italy

Geological Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 634-649

  Casini, Leonardo ^a   Funedda, Antonio ^b   Oggiano, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mylonites; Palaeopiezometry; Sardinia; Shear zones; Stress and strain; Variscides

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MYLONITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIEZOMETER; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC WEDGE;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 77956737015     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1208     Document Type: Article

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