Unidirectional slip vectors in the western Betic Cordillera: Implications for the formation of the Gibraltar arc

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 193-207

  Kirker, Andrew I ^a,c   Platt, John P ^b,c  

^a University College London ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera; Kinematics; Spain; Thrust faults

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; TECTONICS; THRUST;

SPAIN, BETIC CORDILLERA;

EID: 0031930709     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.1.0193     Document Type: Article

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