Cenozoic right-lateral wrench tectonics in the Western Pyrenees (Spain): The Ubierna Fault System

Tectonophysics

Volumn 509, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 238-253

  Tavani, S ^a   Quinta A ^a   Granado, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inversion tectonics; Mesostructural data; Pyrenees; Strike slip

Indexed keywords

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; CENOZOIC; CENOZOIC TECTONICS; COMPRESSIONAL; DEFORMATION PATTERN; EARLY CRETACEOUS; FAULT SYSTEM; FLOWER STRUCTURES; INVERSION TECTONICS; JURASSIC; LATE PALEOZOIC; MESOSTRUCTURAL DATA; MESOZOIC; NORMAL FAULTS; OLIGOCENE; PYRENEES; REGIONAL SCALE; REVERSE FAULTS; STRIKE-SLIP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION; STUDY AREAS; TRIASSIC;

DEFORMATION; SLIP FORMING;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; INVERSION TECTONICS; JURASSIC; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOZOIC; REVERSE FAULT; RIFTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSPRESSION; TRIASSIC;

CANTABRIAN BASIN; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EQUISETALES;

EID: 80051675835     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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