Seismic signature of Variscan and Alpine tectonics in NW Iberia: Crustal structure of the Cantabrian Mountains and Duero basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B2, 2000, Pages 3001-3018

  Fernández Viejo, Gabriela ^a,b   Gallart, Josep ^a   Pulgar, Javier A ^c   Córdoba, Diego ^d   Dañobeitia, Juan José ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONICS;

SPAIN;

EID: 0034628317     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900321     Document Type: Article

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