Palaeomagnetic study of the Ronda peridotites (Betic Cordillera, southern Spain)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 377, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 119-141

  Villasante Marcos, V ^a   Osete, M L ^a   Gervilla, F ^b   Garcia Duenas V ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic Cordilleras; Block rotations; Palaeomagnetism; Ronda peridotites

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; DEMAGNETIZATION; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERIDOTITE;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; RONDA MASSIF; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 0346335868     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.08.023     Document Type: Article

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