Relative motions of Africa, Iberia and Europe during Alpine orogeny

Tectonophysics

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 117-129

  Rosenbaum, Gideon ^a   Lister, Gordon S ^a   Duboz, Cécile ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Alpine orogen; Convergence; Iberia; Plate kinematics

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

AFRICA; EUROPE;

EID: 0037159490     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00442-0     Document Type: Article

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