Deep electrical resistivity structure of the northern Gibraltar Arc (western Mediterranean): Evidence of lithospheric slab break-off

Terra Nova

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-186

  Rosell, Oriol ^a   Martí, Anna ^a   Marcuello, Àlex ^a   Ledo, Juanjo ^a   Queralt, Pilar ^a   Roca, Eduard ^a   Campanyà, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SLAB; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALBORAN SEA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GIBRALTAR ARC; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 79955634070     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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