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Article Dans Une Revue Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Revue d'IFP Energies nouvelles Année : 2010

Calcite Twins, a Tool for Tectonic Studies in Thrust Belts and Stable Orogenic Forelands

Olivier Lacombe

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Calcite twins have been used for a long time as indicators of stress/strain orientations and magnitudes. Recent developments during the last 15 years point toward significant improvements of existing techniques as well as new applications of calcite twin analysis in thrust belts and forelands. This paper summarizes the principles of the most common techniques in this tectonic field and illustrates some aspects of the use of calcite twins to constrain not only stress/strain orientations and magnitudes, but also to some extent paleotemperature or paleoburial in orogenic forelands. This review is based in a large part on the studies that I conducted in various geological settings such as the forelands of Taiwan, Pyrenees, Zagros, Rockies and Albanides orogens. The contribution of calcite twin analysis to the understanding of the intraplate stress transmission away from plate boundaries is also emphasized.
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Olivier Lacombe. Calcite Twins, a Tool for Tectonic Studies in Thrust Belts and Stable Orogenic Forelands. Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Revue d'IFP Energies nouvelles, 2010, 65 (6), pp.809-838. ⟨10.2516/ogst/2009088⟩. ⟨hal-00591818⟩
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