Ordovician back arc foreland and Ocloyic thrust belt development on the western Gondwana margin as a response to Precordillera terrane accretion

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Astini, Ricardo A ^a   Dávila, Federico M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Back arc foreland; Famatina belt; Indentation tectonics; Ocloyic deformation; Ordovician; Precordillera terrane

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENIC BELT; TECTONICS;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8844240028     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001620     Document Type: Article

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