Fluid systems and fracture development during syn-depositional fold growth: An example from the Pico del Aguila anticline, Sierras Exteriores, southern Pyrenees, Spain

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-38

  Beaudoin, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Huyghe, Damien ^d   Bellahsen, Nicolas ^a,b   Lacombe, Olivier ^a,b   Emmanuel, Laurent ^a,b   Mouthereau, Frédéric ^a,b,d   Ouanhnon, Laure ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

Fluid system; Fracture population; Pico del Aguila anticline; Pyrenean foreland; Sierras Exteriores; Syn sedimentary fold development

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

FLUID SYSTEMS; PICO DEL AGUILA ANTICLINE; PYRENEAN FORELAND; SIERRAS EXTERIORES; SYN-SEDIMENTARY FOLD DEVELOPMENT;

FRACTURE;

ANTICLINE; DEFORMATION; FLEXURE; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE ZONE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARAGON; HUESCA [ARAGON]; JACA BASIN; PICO DEL AGUILA; SPAIN;

EID: 84911977177     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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