Folding in orogens: A case study in the northern Iberian Variscan belt

Geological Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 597-622

  Bastida, F ^a   Aller, J ^a   Pulgar, J A ^a   Toimil, N C ^b   Fernandez F J ^a   Bobillo Ares, N C ^a   Menendez C O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Hulleras Del Norte SA (HUNOSA)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Folding; Iberia; Shear zones; Strain; Structural analysis; Variscan belt

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 77956742940     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1199     Document Type: Article

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