Phase change and thermal subsidence of the Williston basin

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 585-597

  Hamdani, Yvette ^a   Mareschal, Jean‐Claude ^b   Arkani‐Hamed, Jafar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

heat flow; lithosphere; North America; phase transitions; sea level; sedimentary basins

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THERMAL SUBSIDENCE;

NORTH AMERICA, WILLISTON BASIN;

EID: 0028193374     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1994.tb03282.x     Document Type: Article

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