The formation of the northwestern Dniepr-Donets Basin: 2-D forward and reverse syn-rift and post-rift modelling

Tectonophysics

Volumn 268, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 237-255

  Kusznir, N J ^a   Stovba, S M ^b   Stephenson, R A ^c   Poplavskii, K N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ukrgeofizika   (Ukraine)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Basin modelling; Dniepr Donets Basin; East European Platform; Mantle plume; Rifting

Indexed keywords

BASIN FORMATION; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; MANTLE PLUME; RIFTING; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, DNIEPR-DONETS BASIN; UKRAINE, DNIEPR-DONETS BASIN;

EID: 0030419160     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00230-2     Document Type: Article

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