Nature and composition of the continental crust: a lower crustal perspective

RL Rudnick, DM Fountain - Reviews of geophysics, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Geophysical, petrological, and geochemical data provide important clues about the
composition of the deep continental crust. On the basis of seismic refraction data, we divide …

Evolution of a continental collision belt: ECORS-Pyrenees crustal balanced cross-section

JA Muñoz - Thrust tectonics, 1992 - Springer
Construction of a crustal balanced cross-section across the Pyrenean chain shows a
minimum shortening of 147 km, 112 km of which are related to stacking of basement thrust …

Implications for continental structure and evolution from seismic anisotropy

PG Silver, WW Chan - Nature, 1988 - nature.com
Evidence is presented for azimuthal anisotropy in the subcontinental upper mantle from nine
stations in North America and Europe. For the stations in the Canadian Shield, this is due to …

[HTML][HTML] Four decades of geophysical research on Iberia and adjacent margins

J Diaz, M Torné, J Vergés, I Jimenez-Munt, J Martí… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The dimensions, the geographical position and the complex geological history of the Iberian
Peninsula makes it a unique and singular target to study its crustal and upper mantle …

The P-wave velocity structure of the mantle below the Iberian Peninsula: evidence for subducted lithosphere below southern Spain

MJ Blanco, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 1993 - Elsevier
The P-wave velocity structure of the mantle below the Iberian Peninsula is investigated with
the method of delay-time tomography. More than 200,000 delay-times are inverted for …

The geology of Spain

W Gibbons, T Moreno - 2002 - books.google.com
The Society makes every effort to ensure that the scientific and production quality of its
books matches that of its journals. Since 1997, all book proposals have been refereed by …

[PDF][PDF] Structure et évolution de la compression alpine dans la Chaîne Ibérique et la Chaîne côtière catalane (Espagne)

J Guimerá, M Alvaro - Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 1990 - academia.edu
La région étudiée se situe à l'intérieur de la microplaque ibérique, entre les Pyrénées et la
Chaîne bétique, au sud du bassin de l'Ebre. On décrit et on discute la structure de cette …

Nature and composition of the lower continental crust in central Spain and the granulite–granite linkage: inferences from granulitic xenoliths

C Villaseca, H Downes, C Pin, L Barbero - Journal of Petrology, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Xenolith-bearing alkaline ultrabasic dykes were intruded into the Hercynian basement of the
Spanish Central System in early Mesozoic times. The suite of lower-crustal xenoliths in the …

Cretaceous

J Martín-Chivelet, X Berástegui, I Rosales, L Vilas… - 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Cretaceous rocks crop out extensively in the three main Alpine orogenic belts of Spain: the
Betic Cordillera, the Pyrenees and the Iberian Ranges. These rocks, deformed during …

Lateral variation of the crust in the Iberian peninsula: new evidence from the Betic Cordillera

E Banda, J Gallart, V García-Dueñas, JJ Dañobeitia… - Tectonophysics, 1993 - Elsevier
New results from a seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection survey carried out in the Betic
Cordillera in autumn 1989, contribute to a better picture of its deep structure. One NW-SE …