Asynchronous extension of the late-Hercynian crust in Calabria

Tectonophysics

Volumn 518-521, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-43

  Festa, V ^a   Fornelli, A ^a   Paglionico, A ^a   Pascazio, A ^a   Piccarreta, G ^a   Spiess, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabrian crust; Decompression; Extension; Geothermobarometry; Microstructures; Pseudosection

Indexed keywords

CALABRIAN CRUST; DECOMPRESSION; EXTENSION; GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; PSEUDOSECTION;

IGNEOUS ROCKS; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUARTZ; ROCKS;

DEFORMATION;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; COOLING; COUNTRY ROCK; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DECOMPRESSION; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LOWER CRUST; P-T CONDITIONS; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 84855861695     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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