The low-grade Canal de las Montañas Shear Zone and its role in the tectonic emplacement of the Sarmiento Ophiolitic Complex and Late Cretaceous Patagonian Andes orogeny, Chile

Tectonophysics

Volumn 524-525, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-185

  Calderon M ^a,b   Fosdick, J C ^c   Warren, C ^d   Massonne, H J ^e   Fanning, C M ^f   Cury, L Fadel ^g   Schwanethal, J ^d   Fonseca, P E ^h   Galaz, G ^b   Gaytan D ^b   Herve F ^b,i  

^a SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Geothermobarometry; Metamorphic sole; Patagonian Andes; Rocas Verdes basin; Sarmiento Ophiolitic Complex

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; METAMORPHIC SOLE; PATAGONIAN ANDES; ROCAS VERDES BASIN; SARMIENTO OPHIOLITIC COMPLEX;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEAD; MICA; SHEARING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CRETACEOUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; FELSIC ROCK; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GREENSCHIST FACIES; IGNIMBRITE; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MYLONITE; OPHIOLITE; OROGENY; PHENGITE; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANDES; CHILE; PATAGONIA;

EID: 84856707640     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.034     Document Type: Article

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