Kinematic evolution of the Patagonian retroarc fold-and-thrust belt and Magallanes foreland basin, Chile and Argentina, 51°30's

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1679-1698

  Fosdick, Julie C ^a   Romans, Brian W ^b   Fildani, Andrea ^b   Bernhardt, Anne ^a   Calderón, Mauricio ^c   Graham, Stephan A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEEPWATER; EARLY MIOCENE; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; FORELAND BASIN; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; JURASSIC; KINEMATIC EVOLUTION; LATE CRETACEOUS; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC BASEMENTS; MULTIPLE DETACHMENTS; NEO GENES; NORMAL FAULTS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; RIFT BASIN; SPREADING RIDGE; THRUST BELTS; THRUST FAULTING;

BUILDINGS; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KINEMATICS; SILICATE MINERALS;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; JURASSIC; KINEMATICS; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RIFTING; UPLIFT;

ARGENTINA; AUSTRAL BASIN; CHILE; PATAGONIA;

EID: 80051594037     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30242.1     Document Type: Article

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