The basal tectonic mélange of the Cabo Ortegal Complex (NW Iberian Massif): A key unit in the suture of Pangea;La mélange tectónica basal del Complejo de Cabo Ortegal (NW del Macizo Ibérico): Una unidad clave en la sutura de Pangea

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-125

  Arenas, R ^a   Martínez, S Sánchez ^a   Castineiras P ^a   Jeffries, T E ^b   Fernández, R Díez ^c   Andonaegui, P ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cabo Ortegal Complex; Island arc; Lange; Ophiolitic m ; Rheic ocean; Suture of Pangea; U Pb zircon geochronology; Variscan belt

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CONGLOMERATE; GRANITE; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISLAND ARC; METASEDIMENT; OPHIOLITE; PANGAEA; SERPENTINITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CABO ORTEGAL; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70349266678     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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