Syn-extensional faulting controlling structural inversion - Insights from the Palaeoproterozoic Vargfors syncline, Skellefte mining district, Sweden

Precambrian Research

Volumn 191, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 166-183

  Bauer, Tobias E ^a   Skyttä, Pietari ^a   Allen, Rodney L ^a,b   Weihed, Pär ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Boliden Mineral AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

2D forward modelling; Basin inversion; Palaeoproterozoic; Skellefte district; Structural analysis; VMS deposits

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; DIP-SLIP FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; MAPPING METHOD; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SYNCLINE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80054967297     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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