Abstract
Regional study of the northern Subandean Zone of Bolivia provided evidence of a Neogene piggyback basin - the Alto Beni basin. This basin corresponds to a synclinorium filled with 7000 m of continental synorogenic sediments. The construction of a balanced cross section shows that the basin was carried piggback on a major thrust sheet, and in front of a duplex. A synsedimentary analog sandbox experiment is used to explain the genesis and the structure of this type of piggyback basin. -from English summary
| Translated title of the contribution | Geometric and experimental study of a piggyback basin: example of the Alto Beni synclinorium, central Andes) (French with abridged English |
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| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 797-811 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Bulletin - Societe Geologique de France |
| Volume | 166 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - 1995 |