Equating the basal unconformity with the palaeoplain: A model for passive margins

Geomorphology

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-15

  Ollier, C D ^a   Pain, C F ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b C/ Australian Geol Surv O ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Downwarping; Drainage patterns; Fission tracks; Great escarpments; Palaeoplain; Passive margins; Unconformity

Indexed keywords

BASAL UNCONFORMITY; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL DIVIDE; CONTINENTAL EDGE; MODEL; OFFSHORE GEOMORPHOLOGY; PALAEOPLAIN; PASSIVE MARGIN; TERRESTRIAL CONTINENTAL SURFACE; UNCONFORMITY;

EID: 0030710496     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-555x(96)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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