Mesozoic rifting in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin (Spain): Inherited faults, transversal structures and stress perturbation

Terra Nova

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-76

  Tavani, Stefano ^a   Muñoz, Josep Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; MESOZOIC; RIFTING; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE (GEOLOGY); TRANSTENSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; BAY OF BISCAY; IBERIAN MARGIN; SPAIN;

EID: 84855726046     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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