Title: Uplift and emplacement of upper mantle rocks in the western Mediterranean
Abstract:Research Article| December 01, 1993 Uplift and emplacement of upper mantle rocks in the western Mediterranean Dirk Van der Wal; Dirk Van der Wal 1Institute of Earth Sciences, Department of Geology, Ut...Research Article| December 01, 1993 Uplift and emplacement of upper mantle rocks in the western Mediterranean Dirk Van der Wal; Dirk Van der Wal 1Institute of Earth Sciences, Department of Geology, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80021,3508 TA Utrecht, Netherlands Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Reinoud L.M. Vissers Reinoud L.M. Vissers 1Institute of Earth Sciences, Department of Geology, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80021,3508 TA Utrecht, Netherlands Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (1993) 21 (12): 1119–1122. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1993)021<1119:UAEOUM>2.3.CO;2 Article history first online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Dirk Van der Wal, Reinoud L.M. Vissers; Uplift and emplacement of upper mantle rocks in the western Mediterranean. Geology 1993;; 21 (12): 1119–1122. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1993)021<1119:UAEOUM>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The emplacement of mantle peridotites at crustal levels in southern Spain and northern Morocco has traditionally been explained by mantle diapirism in an area now occupied by the Alboran Sea. However, such models are inconsistent with many of the internal features of the peridotite and cannot be related directly to the tectonics of the western Mediterranean. The structure and mineral chemistry of the Ronda peridotite combined with other geological and geophysical data indicate that the peridotite represents lithospheric mantle from the hanging wall of a Late Cretaceous to Paleogene zone of lithosphere-scale underthrusting (subduction), exhumed in the early Neogene in response to detachment of cold, gravitationally unstable lower lithosphere. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this article.Read More
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Language: en
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