Geodynamic Evolution of the Eastern Segment of the Azores-Gibraltar Zone: The Gorringe Bank and the Gulf of Cadiz Region

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-230

  Tortella, D ^a   Torne, M ^a   Perez Estaun A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

North Atlantic; Plate boundary; Seismic reflection; Stratigraphy; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

MARINE GEOPHYSICS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ATLANTIC, GORRINGE BANK;

EID: 0031413343     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004258510797     Document Type: Article

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