The Central Iberian arc, an orocline centered in the Iberian Massif and some implications for the Variscan belt

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1299-1314

  Catalán, José R Martínez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central Iberian arc; Iberian Massif; Oroclines; Strike slip tectonics; Variscan belt

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; CARBONIFEROUS; CURVATURE; DETACHMENT FOLD; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; OROGENIC BELT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

CENTRAL IBERIAN ZONE; IBERIAN MASSIF; OSSA MORENA ZONE;

EID: 84861955530     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-011-0715-6     Document Type: Article

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