From Adria- to Africa-driven orogenesis: Evidence from porphyroblasts in the Betic Cordillera, Spain

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1272-1287

  Aerden, Domingo ^a   Sayab, Mohammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alpine tectonics; Betic Cordillera; Inclusion trails; Mediterranean; Porphyroblast

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; ALPINE TECTONICS; BASIN FORMATION; BETIC CORDILLERA; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CORSICA; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EURASIA; FIELD DATA; GIBRALTAR; INCLUSION TRAILS; KINEMATIC EVOLUTION; MAXIMUM STRESS; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; ORIENTATION DATA; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PORPHYROBLAST; PORPHYROBLASTS; RELATIVE MOTIONS; ROLL-BACK; TECTONIC HISTORY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEFORMATION; KETONES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEON; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

DATA STRUCTURES;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORIENTATION; OROGENY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE TECTONICS; PORPHYROBLAST; SLAB; TECTONIC SETTING;

AFRICA; ALPS; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; RIF; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 52749085559     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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