Gravity and magnetic anomalies in the allochthonous rdenes Complex (Variscan belt, northwest Spain): Assessing its internal structure and thickness

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Martínez Cataln, José R ^a   Lvarez Lobato, Fernando ^a   Pinto, Victor ^b   Gómez Barreiro, Juan ^a   Ayarza, Puy ^a   Villalaín, Juan José ^c   Casas, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BOUGUER ANOMALY; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC DATA; NORMAL FAULTS; OROCLINE; PALEOZOIC OCEAN; SYNFORM; THIN LAYERS; THRUST FAULTS; ULTRABASIC ROCKS; VARISCAN; VARISCAN BELT;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

ALLOCHTHON; AMPHIBOLITE; BOUGUER ANOMALY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LOWER CRUST; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MOHO; NORMAL FAULT; OPHIOLITE; THRUST FAULT;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 84867628827     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011TC003093     Document Type: Article

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