Ordovician deformations in the Pyrenees: New insights into the significance of pre-Variscan ('sardic') tectonics

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 674-689

  Casas, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Late Ordovician normal faults; Ordovician deformation; pre Variscan folds; Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION;

CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN; COMPLEX EVOLUTIONS; EARLY ORDOVICIAN; NORMAL FAULTS; ORDOVICIAN; PYRENEES; VARISCAN; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION; FOLDING; GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENT; NORMAL FAULT; ORDOVICIAN; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UNCONFORMITY;

PYRENEES;

EID: 78049455535     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809990756     Document Type: Article

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