Tectonic evidence in the Ronda peridotites, Spain, for mantle diapirism related to delamination

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 941-944

  Tubia J M ^a   Cuevas, J ^a   Esteban, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera; Delamination; Diapir; Ronda peridotites

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERIC DIAPIRS; EXHUMATION; FOLIATION; OROGENIC BELTS; RONDA PERIDOTITES, SPAIN;

EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; PETROLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DELAMINATION; DIAPIRISM; MIOCENE; PERIDOTITE;

ANDALUCIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALAGA [ANDALUCIA]; RONDA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 9144251034     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20869.1     Document Type: Article

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