The onset of the assembly of Pangaea in NW Iberia: Constraints on the kinematics of continental subduction

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-25

  Díez Fernández, Rubén ^a   Martínez Catalán, José R ^a   Arenas, Ricardo ^b   Abati, Jacobo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assembly of Pangaea; Continental subduction kinematics; NW Iberia; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855801546     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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