The late thermal history of the Ronda area, southern Spain

Tectonophysics

Volumn 389, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 81-92

  Esteban, José Julián ^a   Sánchez Rodríguez, Lourdes ^b,c   Seward, Diane ^b   Cuevas, Julia ^a   Tubía, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Sarawak Shell Berhad ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alpujarride Complex; Betic Cordillera; Cooling rates; Fission track analysis; Ronda peridotites

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; MIOCENE; TECTONOPHYSICS; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALAGA [ANDALUCIA]; RONDA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 4744362140     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.07.050     Document Type: Article

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