Initiation of an active margin at the North Iberian continent-ocean transition

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 15-1-15-14

  Gallastegui, J ^a   Pulgar, J A ^a   Gallart, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Crustal structure; Deep seismic reflection; ESCIN 4 profile; North Iberian continental margin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MESOZOIC; MOHO; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; IBERIAN MARGIN; SPAIN;

EID: 0036706122     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC901046     Document Type: Article

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