Correlating deformation in Variscan NW-Iberia using porphyroblasts; implications for the Ibero-Armorican Arc

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 177-196

  Aerden, Domingo G A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Iberian Massif; Ibero Armorican Arc; Inclusion trails; Orocline; Porphyroblast

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INCLUSIONS; TECTONICS;

MESOSCOPIC STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; INCLUSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORIENTATION; PORPHYROBLAST;

ARMORICAN MASSIF; BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0347930711     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00070-1     Document Type: Article

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