Kinematic interpretation of the 3D shapes of metamorphic core complexes

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Le Pourhiet, Laetitia ^a   Huet, Benjamin ^b   May, Dave A ^c   Labrousse, Loic ^a   Jolivet, Laurent ^d  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

3D numerical modeling; Finite strain; Kinematic reconstruction; Metamorphic Core Complexes; Multigrid

Indexed keywords

DOMES; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

3-D KINEMATICS; 3-D NUMERICAL MODELING; 3-D SHAPE; 3D MODELS; CYCLADES; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAR-FIELD; FAULT KINEMATICS; FINITE STRAIN; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; MIOCENE; MULTI-GRID; P-T PATH; SCHISTOSITY; STEP-OVERS; STRETCHING DIRECTION; THERMOMECHANICAL MODELING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FAULT; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; METAMORPHISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-T-T PATH; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EQUISETALES;

EID: 84866272689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004271     Document Type: Article

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