A model of rift basin evolution constrained by first-order stratigraphie observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B4, 1997, Pages 7673-7690

  Contreras, Juan ^a   Scholz, Christopher H ^a   King, Geoffrey C P ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN DEVELOPMENT; FAULTING; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; LAKE SEDIMENT; RIFT; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0030773963     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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