Switches in subduction direction and the lateral termination of mountain belts: Pyrenees-Cantabrian transition, Spain

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 563-571

  Turner, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sections; Pyrenees; Subduction; Thrust faults

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL LINEAMENT; PLATE MOVEMENT; SUBDUCTION; THRUST FAULT;

SPAIN, CANTABRIA, CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; SPAIN, PYRENEES;

EID: 0030481992     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0563     Document Type: Article

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