A new proposal for the late Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the western Mediterranean

Terra Nova

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-100

  Gelabert, Bernadí ^a   Sàbat, Francesc ^b   Rodríguez Perea, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CENOZOIC; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEODYNAMICS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

(WEST); MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0036233162     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2002.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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