Late Hercynian-Mesozoic thinning in the Alboran domain: Metamorphic data from the northern Rif, Morocco

Terra Nova

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 171-174

  Michard, André ^a   Goffé, Bruno ^a   Bouybaouene, Mohamed L ^b   Saddiqi, Omar ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES AIN CHOCK   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE METAMORPHISM; CRUSTAL THINNING; ECLOGITE FACIES; GRANULITE FACIES; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ALBORAN SEA;

EID: 0031393889     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1997.d01-24.x     Document Type: Article

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