Ophiolite Emplacement and the Effects of the Subduction of the Active Chile Ridge System: Heterogeneous Paleostress Regimes Recorded in the Taitao Ophiolite (Southern Chile) Emplazamiento de ofiolitas y los efectos de la subducción de la dorsal activa de Chile: Regímenes heterogéneos de paleostress registrados en la Oflolita Taitao (Sur de Chile)
The repeated north and southward migration of the Chile Triple junction, offshore the Península de Taitao, is expected to have imposed contrasting stress fields in the forearc for the last 6 Ma because of changes in convergence direction and rate of subducting plates. NNW-SSE to E-W and minor NE-SW...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Andean Geology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-71062009000100002 |