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    Hercynian orogeny in the Pyrenees was not a rifting event

    PH. MATTE, M. MATTAUER in Nature (1987)

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    Tectonics of the Qinling Belt: build-up and evolution of eastern Asia

    The structure and history of the Qinling range, which separates the North and South China cratons, are a key to the tectonic evolution of eastern Asia. The mountain range is composed of a northern Palaeozoic b...

    M. Mattauer, Ph. Matte, J. Malavieille, P. Tapponnier, H. Maluski, Xu Zhi Qin in Nature (1985)

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    Structure and evolution of the Himalaya–Tibet orogenic belt

    The 1981 French–Chinese expedition to Tibet focused on the Lhasa block, extending earlier coverage 400 km north of the Tsangpo suture. The Lhasa block stood between 10 and 15° N latitude over most of the Upper...

    C. J. Allégre, V. Courtillot, P. Tapponnier, A. Hirn, M. Mattauer, C. Coulon in Nature (1984)

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    Major Strike-slip Fault of Late Hercynian Age in Morocco

    IN Morocco, there are two main zones of Hercynian outcrops, one north and one south of the so-called “South Atlastic Fault”1 (Fig. 1). In the southern part, the intensity of folding remains moderate, gradually de...

    M. MATTAUER, F. PROUST, P. TAPPONNIER in Nature (1972)