Shear stress in subducting continental margin from high-pressure, moderate-temperature metamorphism in the Ordenes Complex, Galicia, NW Spain

Tectonophysics

Volumn 397, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 181-194

  Alcock, J ^a   Arenas, Ricardo ^b   Martínez Catalán, José R ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

High pressure metamorphism; Mathematical and numerical models; Northwest Spain; Shear stress; Subduction; Variscan orogeny

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; SHEAR STRESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONOPHYSICS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; ORDENES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 14644393676     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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