Upper crust reworking during gravitational collapse: The Bembibre-Pico Sacro detachment system (NW Iberia)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 769-784

  Barreiro, Juan Gómez ^a   Martínez Catalán, Joseá R ^b   Fernández, Rubén Díez ^b   Arenas, Ricardo ^a   García, Florentino Díaz ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; COLLISION ZONE; DETACHMENT FAULT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FOLDING; KINEMATICS; MAGMATISM; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPPER CRUST;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; ORDENES; SPAIN;

EID: 77954269663     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-160     Document Type: Article

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