La continuación de la Cordillera Cántabro-Pirenaica en el borde atlántico de la Península Ibérica

  1. Vegas Martínez, Ramón
Journal:
Geogaceta

ISSN: 0213-683X

Year of publication: 2010

Issue: 48

Pages: 179-182

Type: Article

More publications in: Geogaceta

Abstract

The Cantabro-Pyrenean ranges extend in the Iberian Atlantic Margin through a strike-slip corridor that terminates at the North Portuguese Mountains. This transfer fault zone is defined as the Orense Corridor, a feature that completes an Alpine tectonic framework for the northwester Iberian corner.