THE ARGENTAT COAL BASIN (FRENCH MASSIF-CENTRAL), A TOPOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCE OF THE FOLDING OF ITS VARISCAN BASEMENT

Authors
GENNA A ROIG JY DEBRIETTE PJ BOUCHOT V
Citation
A. Genna et al., THE ARGENTAT COAL BASIN (FRENCH MASSIF-CENTRAL), A TOPOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCE OF THE FOLDING OF ITS VARISCAN BASEMENT, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 327(4), 1998, pp. 279-284
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
327
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
279 - 284
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1998)327:4<279:TACB(M>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A detailed analysis of the Argentat coal basin and its Hercynian subst ratum has made it possible to propose a simple model of their common s tructure. This Stephanian basin is genetically a topographic consequen ce of the folding of its metamorphic substratum. It was installed in a compressive offshoot of the Argentat sinistral strike-slip fault whic h, in this area, developed kilometre-size drag folds. Inferences are c onsidered for the coal basins of the French Massif central and Late He rcynian faults. ((C) Academie des sciences / Elsevier, Paris.).