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Thick-skinned Tectonics

Thick-Skinned Tectonics is a tectonic deformation style characterized by crustal shortening and thickening involving basement rocks and deep-seated faults, distinguishing it from thin-skinned tectonics by engaging the entire crust rather than only sedimentary cover layers.

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Citations

203

Authors

106

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Thick-skinned Deformation

Parents

Publications

63

Thick-skinned tectonics and basement-involved fold–thrust belts: insights from selected Cenozoic orogens

Olivier Lacombe, Nicolas Bellahsen · Geological Magazine · 2016 · 238 citations · Full text

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Thick-Skinned and Thin-Skinned Tectonics: A Global Perspective

O. Adrian Pfiffner · Geosciences · 2017 · 183 citations · Full text

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Thrust tectonics, thin skinned or thick skinned, and the continuation of thrusts to deep in the crust

M. P. Coward · Journal of Structural Geology · 1983 · 159 citations

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Thrust-Front Zone of the Precordillera, Argentina: A Thick-Skinned Triangle Zone

Tomás Zapata, Richard W. Allmendinger · AAPG Bulletin · 1996 · 132 citations

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Andean topographic growth and basement uplift in southern Colombia: Implications for the evolution of the Magdalena, Orinoco, and Amazon river systems

Veronica J. Anderson, Brian K. Horton, Joel E. Saylor et al. · Geosphere · 2016 · 114 citations · Full text

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Authors

203

  1. JA
    Josep Antón Muñoz

    Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

    3 publications · 109 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. AM
    Andrés Mora

    Ecopetrol (Colombia), Colombia

    3 publications · 178 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. OA
    O. Adrian Pfiffner

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    3 publications · 252 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. ET
    Eliseo Tesón

    Ecopetrol (Colombia), Colombia

    3 publications · 178 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. BF
    Brian F. Windley

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 115 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

106

  1. Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, Spain

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    126 citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    242 citations

  3. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    325 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    258 citations

  5. Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo y Energías de la Transición - Icpet

    Piedecuesta, Colombia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    178 citations

  6. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    252 citations

  7. Ecopetrol (Colombia)

    Bogotá, Colombia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    178 citations

  8. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    115 citations

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Venues

  1. Geological Society London Special Publications

    9 publications · 349 citations

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  2. Tectonophysics

    7 publications · 259 citations

    7

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  3. Journal of Structural Geology

    5 publications · 307 citations

    5

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  4. Geological Magazine

    3 publications · 359 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Geosphere

    3 publications · 161 citations

    3

    h-index

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