Characterizing the Mesozoic extension direction in the northern Iberian plate margin by anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1007-1018

  Soto, Ruth ^a   Casas Sainz, Antonio M ^b   Villalaín, Juan J ^a   Gil Imaz, Andrés ^b   Fernández González, Guillermo ^a   del Río, Pedro ^c   Calvo, Manuel ^a   Mochales, Tania ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; LIMESTONE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MESOZOIC; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFTING; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SHALE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN MARGIN;

EID: 65449183167     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-163     Document Type: Article

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