Tectonic significance of the present relief of the Betic Cordillera

Geomorphology

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 175-190

  Sanz de Galdeano, Carlos ^a   Alfaro, Pedro ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera; Morphotectonics; Relief evolution; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

CALCARENITE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TORTONIAN; UPLIFT;

BETIC CORDILLERA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 13644272504     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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