Stress pattern in Portugal mainland and the adjacent Atlantic region, West Iberia

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 641-659

  Ribeiro, A ^a   Cabral, J ^a   Baptista, R ^b,c   Matias, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Petrol de Portugal Petrogal   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; NEOTECTONICS; STRESS; TECTONICS;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0030470361     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95TC03683     Document Type: Article

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