The foreland deformation in the south-western Basque-Cantabrian Belt (Spain)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 576-577, Issue , 2012, Pages 4-19

  Quinta A ^a   Tavani, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basque Cantabrian Basin; Foredeep evolution; Fracture reactivation; Fractures; Stress field

Indexed keywords

AERIAL IMAGES; BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; BAY OF BISCAY; CENOZOIC; FOREDEEP EVOLUTION; FORELAND BASIN; FORELAND DEFORMATION; FRACTURE REACTIVATION; LATE STAGE; LATERAL EXTRUSION; MESO SCALE; MESOZOIC RIFTING; PRESSURE SOLUTION; PYRENEAN OROGEN; REVERSE FAULTS; SHEAR ZONE; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL DATA; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

FAULTING;

FRACTURE;

COMPRESSION; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; FRACTURE ZONE; LIMESTONE; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; REVERSE FAULT; RIFTING; SHEAR ZONE; STRESS FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; BAY OF BISCAY; SPAIN;

EID: 84867896206     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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