Unexpected Jurassic to Neogene vertical movements in 'stable'parts of NW Africa revealed by low temperature geochronology

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 355-363

  Ghorbal, B ^a,b   Bertotti, G ^a   Foeken, J ^c   Andriessen, P ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth Science ISES   (Netherlands)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; NEOGENE; SUBSIDENCE; TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 53149116303     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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