Tectono-thermal evolution in a region with thin-skinned tectonics: The western nappes in the Cantabrian Zone (Variscan belt of NW Spain)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-48

  Bastida, F ^a   Brime, C ^a   Garcia Lopez S ^a   Sarmiento, G N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conodont colour alteration index; Iberian Variscan belt; Illite crystallinity; Thrusts; Transition diagenesis metamorphism

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033391320     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050244     Document Type: Article

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