Crustal structure and orogenic material budget in the west central Pyrenees

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 395-406

  Teixell, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OROGENESIS; TECTONIC WEDGE;

EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 0031723858     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98TC00561     Document Type: Article

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