A constrained African craton source for the Cenozoic Numidian Flysch: Implications for the palaeogeography of the western Mediterranean basin

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-23

  Thomas, M F H ^a   Bodin, S ^a,b   Redfern, J ^a   Irving, D H B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Numidian Flysch; Palaeocurrent; Provenance; Turbidite; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRATON; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLYSCH; FORELAND BASIN; OUTCROP; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC SETTING; TURBIDITE; UPLIFT; ZIRCON;

ITALY; MAGHREB; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77953720803     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.03.003     Document Type: Review

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