Attenuation and excision of a crustal section during extensional exhumation: The Carratraca Massif, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 149-162

  Argles, T W ^a   Platt, J P ^b   Waters, D J ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betic; Cordillera; Decompression; Exhumation; Extension; Polymetamorphism

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; EXTENSION; METAMORPHISM; TERTIARY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032895432     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.1.0149     Document Type: Article

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