Crustal architecture and tectonic evolution of the Gulf of Cadiz (SW Iberian margin) at the convergence of the Eurasian and African plates

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Gràcia, Eulàlia ^a   Danobeitia, Juanjo ^a   Vergés, Jaume ^a   Bartolomé, Rafael ^a   Córdoba, Diego ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gibraltar Arc; Gravity anomalies; Multichannel seismic reflection; Southwest Iberian Margin; Swath bathymetry; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GRAVITY ANOMALY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 17544388988     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC901045     Document Type: Article

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