Palaeokarst and rauhwacke development, mountain uplift and subaerial sliding of tectonic sheets (northern Sierra de los Filabres, Betic Cordilleras, Spain)

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-117

  Orozco, Miguel ^a   Molina, José Miguel ^b   Crespo Blanc, Ana ^a   Alonso Chaves, Francisco Manuel ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic Cordilleras; Continental deposits; Gravitational sliding; Mountain uplift; Palaeokarst structures; Rauhwackes

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; PALEOKARST; SLOPE DYNAMICS; UPLIFT;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033369210     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003610431688     Document Type: Article

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