The formation of an orocline by multiphase deformation: A paleomagnetic investigation of the Cantabria-Asturias Arc (northern Spain)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 735-756

  Weil, Arlo B ^a   Van Der Voo, R ^a   Van Der Pluijm, B A ^a   Pares J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM; REMAGNETIZATION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; FOLDING; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SPAIN;

EID: 0034106967     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00188-1     Document Type: Article

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