Comment on "The ultimate arc: Differential displacements, oroclinal bending, and vertical axis rotation in the External Betic-Rif arc" by J. P. Platt et al

Tectonics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Michard, A ^a   Frizon de Lamotte, D ^b   Chalouan, A ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; TECTONICS;

AFRICA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; RIF; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 84984572008     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001603     Document Type: Article

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