Cretaceous-Tertiary tectonic inversion of the Cotiella Basin (southern Pyrenees, Spain)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-113

  Martinez Pena, M B ^a   Casas Sainz, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Pyrenees; Sedimentary basin; Tectonic inversion; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; INVERSION TECTONICS; NAPPE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TERTIARY; THRUST;

COTIELLA BASIN; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 0037359405     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-002-0283-x     Document Type: Article

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