Paleogeographical reconstruction of the Malaguide-Ghomaride Complex (Internal Betic-Rifian Zone) based on Carboniferous granitoid pebble provenance

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 327-336

  Sanz de Galdeano, Carlos ^a   El Kadiri, Khalil ^b   Simancas, José Fernando ^c   Hlila, Rachid ^b   López Garrido, Angel Carlos ^a   El Mrihi, Abdelassiz ^b   Chalouan, Ahmed ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Betic Rifian Internal Zone; Carboniferous; Granitoid pebbles; Malaguide Ghomaride Complex; Marbella conglomerates; Paleogeographical reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CONGLOMERATE; GRANITOID; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PEBBLE; PROVENANCE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL IBERIAN ZONE; CEUTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NORTH AFRICA; OSSA MORENA ZONE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751416436     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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