Transpressive inversion of a Mesozoic extensional forced fold system with an intermediate décollement level in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin (Spain)

Tectonics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 146-158

  Tavani, Stefano ^a   Carola, Eloi ^b,c   Granado, Pablo ^b   Quintà, Anna ^b   Muñoz, Josep Anton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Avenida del Presidente Rodríguez Zapatero   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque Cantabrian Basin; Forced folding; Inversion Tectonics; Strike slip tectonics

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; DISPLACEMENT RATE; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; FORCED FOLDING; INVERSION TECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP TECTONICS; TRANSPRESSIVE INVERSION;

FAULTING;

CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLD; FOLDING; INVERSION TECTONICS; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; NORMAL FAULT; RIFTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSPRESSION; TRIASSIC;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 84878374010     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tect.20019     Document Type: Article

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