Plate reconstruction of the Bay of Biscay

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 635-638

  Garcia Mondejar J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM;

BAY OF BISCAY; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PLATE RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC PATTERNS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); GEOLOGY;

ALBIAN; APTIAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PLATE MOTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; TERRACE; TRANSFORM FAULT; CRETACEOUS; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; FRANCE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LANDES; NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE; ATLANTIC;

EID: 0029811495     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0635:PROTBO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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