Structural analysis of an accretionary prism in a continental collisional setting, the Late Paleozoic Pulo do Lobo Zone, Southern Iberia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 422-439

  Braid, James A ^a   Murphy, J Brendan ^b   Quesada, Cecilio ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; Deformation; Gondwana; Laurussia; Structural analysis; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION; PALEOZOIC; PASSIVE MARGIN; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 74449089180     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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