Aptian-Albian tectonic pattern of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin (northern Spain)

Geological Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-45

  Garcia Mondejar J ^a   Agirrezabala, L M ^a   Aranburu, A ^a   Fernandez Mendiola P A ^a   Gomez Perez I ^b   Lopez Horgue M ^a   Rosales, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptian Albian; Basque Cantabrian Basin; Bay of Biscay; Rifting; Transtension

Indexed keywords

BASIN EXTENSION; CRETACEOUS; RIFTING; TECTONIC INVERSION; TRANSTENSION;

SPAIN, BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN;

EID: 0029750152     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1034(199603)31:1<13::AID-GJ689>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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