Structural and kinematic constraints to the exhumation of the Alpujarride Complex (Central Betic Cordillera, Spain)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-216

  Rossetti, F ^a   Faccenna, C ^a   Crespo Blanc, A ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera; Exhumation; Orogenic wedges; Structural fabric

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DUCTILE SHEARING; EXHUMATION; FAULTING; METAMORPHIC GRADE;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; KINEMATICS; MIOCENE; NAPPE; OROGENIC BELT;

ALPUJARRAS; ANDALUCIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 13444294251     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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