Frontal and oblique tectonics in the Brazilian Shield

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摘要 TheBrazilianshieldwasassembledfromafewArcheanandPaleoproterozoiccratonicnucleisurroundedbyPan-African-BrasilianomobilebeltsofNeoproterozoicage.Whilesomeofthesemobilebeltsdisplayatypicalfrontalcollisiontectonicstyle,othersaredominatedbytranscurrentregimes,clearlyindicatingobliquecollisionalsystems.Thispaperisanattempttodeterminethemeanorientationoftheprincipalhorizontalcompressivestressesforeachmobilebelt,consideringeitherthefrontalorobliqueconvergencecharacter.FromthesegeneralobservationsaschemewithWNW-ESEtoNWSEtrendsofthemaincompressivestressisproposed.Wesuggestthatthistrendrepresentsthemeandisplacementvectors,accordingtoacoherentkinematicpicturefortheamalgamationoftheWestGondwanaduringthefinalstagesofconvergenceoftheBrasilianobelts,whereWNW-ESEtoNW-SEarethemaindirectionsoffinalclosure.
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出处 《地质幕:英文版》 2004年4期
出版日期 2004年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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