Tectonothermal evolution of the northeastern margin of Iberia since the break-up of Pangea to present, revealed by low-temperature fission-track and (U-Th)/He thermochronology: A case history of the Catalan Coastal Ranges

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 159-180

  Juez Larré, Joaquim ^a   Andriessen, P A M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catalan Coastal Ranges; Exhumation; Groundwater flow; Iberian Microplate; Rifting; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

CATALAN COASTAL RANGES; EXHUMATION; IBERIAN MICROPLATE; RIFTING; TECTONOTHERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

PANGAEA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33344477808     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.12.026     Document Type: Article

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