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Structural evolution of the Argentine Precordillera: the Rio San Juan section

W. von Gosen
- 01 Jun 1992 - 
- Vol. 14, Iss: 6, pp 643-667
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The Argentine Precordillera (AP) represents a high-level fold-and-thrust belt which was formed during the Andean (Tertiary) crustal shortening.
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This article is published in Journal of Structural Geology.The article was published on 1992-06-01. It has received 132 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ordovician & Thrust tectonics.

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Growth stratal records of instantaneous and progressive limb rotation in the Precordillera thrust belt and Bermejo basin, Argentina

TL;DR: In this article, a growth triangle that documents instantaneous forelimb rotation for a fault-propagation fold is recorded for the first time in a published seismic line, and the complex geometry of growth strata deposited on the back limb of the Las Salinas anticline can be explained by using a model of a two-step fault propagation fold with constant layer thickness.
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Thick-skinned and thin-skinned thrusting in the La Ramada fold and thrust belt: crustal evolution of the High Andes of San Juan, Argentina (32°SL)

TL;DR: In this article, a two-layer model with a middle detachment level is proposed to explain the spatial decoupling between maximum shortening at the surface and maximum crustal thickening.
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Unsteady and spatially variable evolution of the Neogene Andean Bermejo foreland basin, Argentina

TL;DR: The Miocene to Recent Bermejo retroarc foreland basin formed during development of the Andes Mountains and Sierras Pampeanas broken foreland, in west-central Argentina as discussed by the authors.
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Thrust-front zone of the Precordillera, Argentina; a thick-skinned triangle zone

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors divide the frontal thrust zone of the Precordillera thrust belt of western Argentina into three segments based on the system's activity: independent, late interfering, and collision zones.
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Balanced cross sections

TL;DR: In this paper, post-depositional concentric deformation produces no significant change in rock volume, and the surface area of a bed and its length in a bed remains constant.
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Andean tectonics related to geometry of subducted Nazca plate

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that tectonic segmentation of the Andes coincides with the subducted Nazca plate, which has nearly horizontal segments and 30° east-dipping segments.
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Paleozoic terranes of the central Argentine-Chilean Andes

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present stratigraphic and petrologic data from Chile and Argentina between 29° and 33°S latitude that demonstrate the "suspect" nature of several major terranes, which they infer to have been accreted during the Paleozoic.
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