Thermal impact of the break-up of Pangea on the Iberian Peninsula, assessed by thermochronological dating and numerical modelling

Tectonophysics

Volumn 474, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 200-213

  Juez Larre J ^a   Ter Voorde, M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hydrothermalism; Iberian Peninsula; Magmatism; Pangea break up; Thermal blanketing; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMALISM; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MAGMATISM; PANGEA BREAK-UP; THERMAL BLANKETING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; MINERALOGY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DATING METHOD; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; MINERALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIFTING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68849116665     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.01.024     Document Type: Article

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