Aalenian pulses of tectonic activity in the Iberian Basin, Spain

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 209, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 15-35

  García Frank, Alejandra ^a   Ureta, Soledad ^a   Mas, Ramón ^a  

^a Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aalenian; Condensed sequences; Iberian Basin; Spain; Tectonic controls

Indexed keywords

AALENIAN; ACCUMULATION RATE; BAJOCIAN; BIOCHRONOLOGY; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FACIES ANALYSIS; INLAND SEA; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TOARCIAN; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN BASIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 50149109235     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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