Early Miocene continental subduction and rapid exhumation in the western Mediterranean

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 981-984

  Plat, John P ^a   Anczkiewicz, Robert ^b   Soto, Juan Ignacio ^c   Kelley, Simon P ^d   Thirlwall, Matthew ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera; Eclogite; Exhumation; Garnet; Geochronology; Subduction

Indexed keywords

BETIC CORDILLERA; CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTION; EXHUMATION; MAFIC ECLOGITE; PELITIC SCHIST;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GARNETS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GARNET; HAFNIUM; LUTETIUM; MIOCENE; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ALBORAN SEA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33750997922     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22801A.1     Document Type: Article

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