Origin of the Betic-Rif mountain belt

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 504-522

  Lonergan, Lidia ^a   White, Nicky ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EXTENSION; MIOCENE; OROCLINE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

MOROCCO, RIF; SPAIN, BETIC CORDILLERA;

EID: 0031436480     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC03937     Document Type: Article

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