Fold amplification and parasequence stacking patterns in syntectonic shoreface carbonates

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 966-977

  Lickorish, W Henry ^a,b   Butler, Robert W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; KINEMATICS; SEA LEVEL;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC DATA; DEFORMATION RATES; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; DETACHMENT FOLDING; FAULT-RELATED FOLDING; PELAGIC SEDIMENTS; REGIONAL VARIATION; STACKING PATTERNS; FAULT BENDS; KINEMATIC MODEL; PARASEQUENCE; THRUST BELTS;

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS;

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTICLINE; DEFORMATION; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; NANOPLANKTON; NEOGENE; PARASEQUENCE; PLIOCENE; STACKING; CARBONATE; FOLD AMPLIFICATION; PARASEQUENCE STACKING; SYNTECTONIC DEPOSIT;

ITALY; SICILY; MAGHREBIAN THRUST BELT;

EID: 0030448383     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0966:FAAPSP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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