Mesozoic extension in the Basque-Cantabrian basin (N Spain): Contributions from AMS and brittle mesostructures

Tectonophysics

Volumn 445, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 373-394

  Soto, Ruth ^a   Casas Sainz, Antonio M ^b   Villalaín, Juan J ^a   Oliva Urcia, Belén ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS); Basque Cantabrian basin; Brittle mesostructures; Sedimentary basin; Western Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MESOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSTRESS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 36548999701     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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