Fig. 5.2
Plate tectonic maps showing the evolution of Africa, Iberia, and Eurasia from the late Jurassic (a) to lower Cretaceous (b), late Cretaceous (c) and
middle Oligocene (d) times (modified from Schettino and Turco 2011). 1: Iberia; 2: North America; 3: Eurasia; 4: Morocco; 5: NW Africa; 6: Adria; BVOL: Bay
of Viscay Oceanic Lithosphere; CAOL: Central Atlantic Oceanic Lithosphere; GiF: Gibraltar Fault; MAR: Mid-Atlantic Ridge; NAOL: North Atlantic Oceanic
Lithosphere; NPF: North Pyrenean Fault; SIF: South Iberian Fault
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Plate tectonic maps showing the evolution of Africa, Iberia, and Eurasia from the late Jurassic (a) to lower Cretaceous (b), late Cretaceous (c) and
middle Oligocene (d) times (modified from Schettino and Turco 2011). 1: Iberia; 2: North America; 3: Eurasia; 4: Morocco; 5: NW Africa; 6: Adria; BVOL: Bay
of Viscay Oceanic Lithosphere; CAOL: Central Atlantic Oceanic Lithosphere; GiF: Gibraltar Fault; MAR: Mid-Atlantic Ridge; NAOL: North Atlantic Oceanic
Lithosphere; NPF: North Pyrenean Fault; SIF: South Iberian Fault
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