Calcite twins, a tool for tectonic studies in thrust belts and stable orogenic forelands;Les macles de la calcite, un outil pour les études tectoniques dans les chaînes plissées et les avant-pays peu déformés des orogènes

Oil and Gas Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 809-838

  Lacombe, O ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SETTING; LARGE PARTS; NEW APPLICATIONS; OROGENS; PALEOTEMPERATURES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PYRENEES; STRESS TRANSMISSION; STRESS/STRAIN; THRUST BELTS;

CARBONATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

CALCITE;

CALCITE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FORELAND BASIN; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; THRUST FAULT; TWINNING;

EID: 78650559212     PISSN: 12944475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2516/ogst/2009088     Document Type: Review

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