Cenozoic vertical motions of the Catalan Coastal Ranges (NE Spain): The role of tectonics, isostasy, and surface transport

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Gaspar Escribano, J M ^a   Garcia Castellanos, D ^a   Roca, E ^b   Cloetingh, E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Modeling; NE Spain; Vertical motions

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; FAULTING; ISOSTASY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

CATALONIA; CATALONIAN COASTAL RANGES; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 6044267971     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001511     Document Type: Article

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