The role of inherited structures in a foreland basin evolution. The Metán Basin in NW Argentina

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1816-1828

  Iaffa, Diego Nicolas ^a   Sabat F ^a   Munoz J A ^a   Mon, R ^b   Gutierrez, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Central Andes; Cretaceous rift; Foreland basin; Tectonic inversion

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CENTRAL ANDES; CRETACEOUS RIFT; EASTERN CORDILLERA; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; FAULT REACTIVATION; FIELD DATA; FORELAND BASIN; NEO GENES; PALEOGENE; REVERSE FAULTS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS;

BARIUM; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION;

ANTICLINE; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; FORELAND BASIN; PALEOGENE; REVERSE FAULT; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

ANDES; ARGENTINA;

EID: 81255127291     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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