The rotation of Iberia during the Aptian and the opening of the Bay of Biscay

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 80-93

  Gong, Z ^a   Langereis, C G ^a   Mullender, T A T ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aptian; Bay of Biscay; Cretaceous; Iberia rotation; paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; IBERIA ROTATION; KINEMATICAL CONSTRAINTS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PALEOMAGNETISM; PHASE ROTATIONS; PYRENEES; ROTATION RATES; SEA FLOORS; SINGLE PHASING;

FERROMAGNETISM; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; OCEAN STRUCTURES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ROTATION;

ACTIVE MARGIN; APTIAN; BARREMIAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; BLOCK ROTATION; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 49149129428     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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