Strain partitioning at orogenic contacts during rotation, strike-slip and oblique convergence: Paleogene-early miocene evolution of the contact between the South Carpathians and Moesia

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-81

  Krézsek, Csaba ^a   Lǎpǎdat, Alexandru ^a   Maţenco, Liviu ^b   Arnberger, Klaus ^c   Barbu, Victor ^d   Olaru, Radu ^a  

^a SC OMV Petrom SA   (Romania)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OMV Group   (Austria)

^d SENERGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carpathians; Getic depression; Oblique collision; Rotation; Strain partitioning

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; ROTATION; TECTONICS;

CARPATHIANS; DEPTH INFORMATION; GETIC DEPRESSION; KINEMATIC EVOLUTION; KINEMATIC RESTORATIONS; OBLIQUE COLLISION; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE-SLIP DEFORMATION; TRANSTENSIONAL DEFORMATION;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; ROTATION;

CALIBRATION; COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; MIOCENE; OBLIQUE FAULT; OROGENY; PALEOGENE; QUATERNARY; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; OROGENIC BELT;

BALKANS; CARPATHIANS; EASTERN CARPATHIANS; MOESIAN PLATFORM;

EQUISETALES; EQUISETUM;

EID: 84878224875     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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