Crustal thinning and mafic underplating beneath the Neogene Volcanic Province (Betic Cordillera, SE Spain): Evidence from crustal xenoliths

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 266-271

  Álvarez Valero, Antonio Miguel ^a   Kriegsman, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THINNING; ISOSTASY; MAFIC ROCK; NEOGENE; PARTIAL MELTING; UNDERPLATING; XENOLITH;

BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34547422842     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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