Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Aracena metamorphic belt (SW Spain) resulting from ridge-trench interaction during Variscan plate convergence

Tectonics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Diaz Azpiroz M ^a   Fernandez C ^b   Castro, A ^b   El Biad, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELT; MAGMATISM; METABASITE; METAMORPHISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRENCH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33645829059     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004TC001742     Document Type: Article

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