Oligocene to Middle Miocene evolution of the central Catalan margin (northwestern Mediterranean)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 315, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 209-229

  Roca, Eduard ^a   Sans, Maura ^a   Cabrera, Luis ^a   Marzo, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalan coastal ranges; Inversion tectonics; Neogene; Oligocene; Palaeogeography; West Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GRABEN; HORST; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; TECTONIC SETTING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPANISH COAST;

EID: 0033364519     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00289-9     Document Type: Article

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