Mississippian lamprophyre dikes in western Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina: Evidence of transtensional tectonics along the SW margin of Gondwana
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2018.02.006
Abstract: Abstract In the Famatina range, Sierras Pampeanas of Argentina (SW Gondwana), subvertical calc-alkaline lamprophyric dike swarms crop out through >300 km. The dikes cut Ordovician units with a prominent NW-SE trending and are covered by continental… read more here.
Keywords: gondwana; pampeanas argentina; transtensional tectonics; tectonics ... See more keywords
The Storfjorden, Svalbard, Earthquake Sequence 2008–2020: Transtensional Tectonics in an Arctic Intraplate Region
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DOI: 10.1785/0220210022
Abstract: An earthquake sequence in the Storfjorden offshore area southwest of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago initiated with a 21 February 2008 magnitude Mw 6.1 event. This area had previously not produced any significant earthquakes, but between… read more here.
Keywords: transtensional tectonics; tectonics; 2008 2020; earthquake sequence ... See more keywords