Tectonostratigraphic model for underfilled peripheral foreland basins: An Alpine perspective

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 324-346

  Sinclair, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORELAND BASIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERIPHERAL REGION; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; TERTIARY;

FRANCE; SWITZERLAND; ALPS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATE DEPOSITION; DEEP WATER; EUROPEAN ALPS; FORELAND BASIN; PLATE MOTIONS; STEADY STATE GEOMETRY; SWITZERLAND; UNDERFILLED PERIPHERAL FORELAND BASIN;

SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 0030886669     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0324:TMFUPF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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