Mantle peridotites outlining the Gibraltar Arc - Centrifugal extensional allochthons derived from the earlier Alpine, westward subducted nappe pile

Tectonophysics

Volumn 281, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 195-207

  Zeck, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alpine orogeny; Betic Ligurian subduction system; Extensional tectonics; Ronda peridotites; Sinking lithospheric slab; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PERIDOTITE; SUBDUCTED SLAB;

SPAIN, GIBRALTAR ARC;

EID: 0031409657     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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