Early foreland deformation of the Fuegian Andes (Argentina): Constraints from the strain analysis of Upper Cretaceous-Danian sedimentary rocks

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-32

  Torres Carbonell, Pablo J ^a   Dimieri, Luis V ^b   Martinioni, Daniel R ^a  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Buttressing; Deformation history; Fuegian Andes; Non coaxial strains; Strain analysis; Upper Cretaceous Danian; Upper crustal deformation

Indexed keywords

BUTTRESSING; DEFORMATION HISTORY; FUEGIAN ANDES; STRAIN ANALYSIS; UPPER CRETACEOUS-DANIAN;

DIGITAL STORAGE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRAIN;

DEFORMATION;

CRETACEOUS; DANIAN; DEFORMATION; FOLDING; FOLIATION; FORELAND BASIN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 84873702304     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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