Thermal structure of the Alboran Domain in the Rif (northern Morocco) and the Western Betics (southern Spain). Constraints from Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-327

  Negro, F ^a   Beyssac, O ^a   Goffe B ^b   Saddiqi, O ^b   Bouybaouene M L ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Alboran Domain; Betics; Exhumation; Rif; RSCM thermometry

Indexed keywords

METAPELITE; NAPPE; PERIDOTITE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; ALBORAN; ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; RIF; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33646258977     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2006.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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