Rapid exhumation in the Alpine belt of the Betic-Rif (W Mediterranean): Tectonic extrusion

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 477-487

  Zeck, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine Betic Rif; Rapid exhumation; Tetonic extrusion; W Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; NEOGENE; OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFRICA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; RIF; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 1542379564     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2459-0     Document Type: Article

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