Observations from the Alpine Tethys and Iberia-Newfoundland margins pertinent to the interpretation of continental breakup

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 282, Issue , 2007, Pages 291-324

  Manatschal, G ^a   Muntener O ^b   Lavier, L L ^c   Minshull, T A ^d   Peron Pinvidic G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN MARGIN; NEWFOUNDLAND BASIN;

EID: 34548293792     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP282.14     Document Type: Article

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