The role of extension in the Miocene denudation of the Nevado-Filábride Complex, Betic Cordillera (SE Spain)

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-204

  Johnson, Christopher ^a,b   Harbury, Neil ^a,b   Hurford, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DENUDATION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MIOCENE;

SPAIN, BETIC CORDILLERA, NEVADO-FILABRIDE COMPLEX;

EID: 0030779889     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC03289     Document Type: Article

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