The record of tectonic denudation and erosion in an emerging orogen: An apatite fission-track study of the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-100

  Clark, S J P ^a,b   Dempster, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 69249175085     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-041     Document Type: Article

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