Relationships between structural units in the Tormes gneiss dome (NW Iberian massif, Spain): Geometry, structure and kinematics of contractional and extensional Variscan deformation

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-179

  Escuder Viruete, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crustal thickening; Crustal thinning; Deformation structures; Iberian massif; Variscan metamorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749117444     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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