Final stages of the Variscan orogeny at the southern Iberian massif: Lateral extrusion and rotation of continental blocks

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1-20

  García Navarro, Encarnación ^a   Fernández, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deformation fields; Escape tectonics; Variscan orogen

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 16344362524     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004TC001646     Document Type: Review

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