Continental collision, crustal thinning and nappe forming during the pre-Miocene evolution of the Alpujarride Complex (Alboran Domain, Betics)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1055-1071

  Azañón, José Miguel ^a   Crespo Blanc, Ana ^a   García Dueñas, Víctor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL THINNING; FOLIATION; ISOTHERMAL DECOMPRESSION; NAPPE FORMATION;

TECTONICS;

COLLISION; CRUSTAL THINNING; NAPPE; TECTONOMETAMORPHIC EVOLUTION;

MOROCCO, RIF; SPAIN, BETIC CORDILLERA;

EID: 0031202543     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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