3D Analysis of an Ordovician igneous ensemble: A complex magmatic structure hidden in a polydeformed allochthonous Variscan unit

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 222-236

  Díez Fernández, Rubén ^a   Martínez Catalán, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allochthonous complexes; Iberian Massif; Pluton geometry; Recumbent folds; Ring dikes

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONOUS COMPLEXES; IBERIAN MASSIF; PLUTON GEOMETRY; RECUMBENT FOLDS; RING DIKES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; LEVEES; MINERALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXHUMATION; GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; ORDOVICIAN; PLUTON; SUBDUCTION; SYNCLINE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 62149097967     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.11.017     Document Type: Article

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