Use of thermal modeling to assess the tectono-metamorphic history of the Lugo and Sanabria gneiss domes, Northwest Iberia

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-197

  Alcock, James E ^a   Martínez Catalán, José R ^b   Arenas, Ricardo ^c   Montes, Alejandro Díez ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gneiss domes; Northwest iberia; Thermal modeling; Variscan orogeny

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DOME; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; MODELING; OROGENY; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRUST;

CASTILLA Y LEON; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LUGO [GALICIA]; SANABRIA LAKE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; ZAMORA [CASTILLA Y LEON];

EID: 70249085941     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.180.3.179     Document Type: Article

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