Early Cretaceous syn-rotational extension in the Organyà basin-New constraints on the palinspastic position of Iberia during its rotation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 473, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 312-323

  Gong, Zhihong ^a   van Hinsbergen, Douwe J J ^a   Vissers, Reinoud L M ^a   Dekkers, Mark J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Bay of Biscay; Cretaceous; Iberian rotation; Organy Basin; Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; BAY OF BISCAY; CRETACEOUS; IBERIAN ROTATION; PYRENEES;

FABRICS; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

ROTATION;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; LIMESTONE; LINEATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LERIDA [CATALONIA]; ORGANYA; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67650436093     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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