Kinematic constraints on buckling a lithospheric-scale orocline along the northern margin of Gondwana: A geologic synthesis

Tectonophysics

Volumn 582, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-49

  Weil, A Brandon ^a   Gutierrez Alonso G ^b   Johnston, S T ^c   Pastor Galan D ^b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cantabria; Delamination; Iberia; Orocline; Paleomagnetism; Variscan

Indexed keywords

CANTABRIA; IBERIA; OROCLINE; PALEOMAGNETISM; VARISCAN;

BUCKLING; DEFORMATION; DELAMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; KINEMATICS; METALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

BUCKLING; DEFORMATION; DELAMINATION; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OROGENY; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION;

CANTABRIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84870810974     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.10.006     Document Type: Review

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