Formation of metamorphic core complex in inherited wedges: A thermomechanical modelling study

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 249-257

  Huet, B ^a,b   Le Pourhiet, L ^a,b   Labrousse, L ^a,b   Burov, E B ^a,b   Jolivet, L ^c  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Aegean domain; Cyclades; Exhumation; Metamorphic core complex; Post orogenic evolution; Structural inheritance

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN DOMAIN; CYCLADES; EXHUMATION; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; POST-OROGENIC EVOLUTION; STRUCTURAL INHERITANCE;

EXPERIMENTS; KINEMATICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; LOWER CRUST; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MODELING; NAPPE; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; THERMOMECHANICS; THRUST FAULT;

EID: 80052798908     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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