Morphotectonics and strain partitioning at the Iberia-Africa plate boundary from multibeam and seismic reflection data

Marine Geology

Volumn 267, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 156-174

  Terrinha, P ^a,b   Matias, L ^b   Vicente, J ^c   Duarte, J ^a,b   Luis J ^d   Pinheiro, L ^e   Lourenco N ^c,d   Diez, S ^f   Rosas, F ^b   Magalhaes V ^e   Valadares, V ^a,b   Zitellini, N ^g   Roque, C ^a,c   Víctor, L Mendes ^b  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c Câmara Municipal de Lisboa ^*  (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^f CSIC Unidad de Tecnologia Marina UTM   (Spain)

^g ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gulf of Cadiz; migration of deformation; morphotectonics; multibeam bathymetry; seismotectonics; Southwest Iberia Margin; strain partitioning; wrench tectonics

Indexed keywords

GULF OF CADIZ; MORPHOTECTONICS; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOUTHWEST IBERIA MARGIN; STRAIN PARTITIONING;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; BATHYMETRY; CREEP; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TOOLS;

TECTONICS;

ABYSSAL ZONE; BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CREEP; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRAIN PARTITIONING; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 70449726440     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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