Simultaneous extensional exhumation across the Alboran Basin: Implications for the causes of late orogenic extension

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-254

  Platt, J P ^a   Whitehouse, M J ^b   Kelley, S P ^c   Carter, A ^a   Hollick, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Betic Cordillera; Geochronology; Metamorphism; Rif.; Zircon

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE;

COOLING; DELAMINATION; MELTING; ROCKS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CATCHMENTS;

CRUSTAL THINNING; EXHUMATION; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; PARTIAL MELTING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037347587     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0251:SEEATA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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