Glacis geometry as a geomorphic marker of recent tectonics: The Guadix-Baza basin (South Spain)

Geomorphology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 517-529

  Garcia Tortosa F J ^a   Alfaro, P ^b   Sanz de Galdeano, C ^c   Galindo Zaldivar J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active folds; Active normal fault; Betic Cordillera; Glacis; Guadix Baza basin; Pediment; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; FOLD; FOLDING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INTRAMONTANE BASIN; NORMAL FAULT; PEDIMENT; SLIP RATE; SLOPE; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; GUADIX-BAZA BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 78650417537     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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