Sedimentary sequences, seismic facies, subsidence analysis, and evolution of the Burdigalian Upper Marine Molasse Group, central Switzerland

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1185-1207

  Schlunegger, Fritz ^a,b,d   Leu, Werner ^a,c,e,f   Matter, Albert ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c Geoform AG   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e University of Bern ^*

^f Geoform Ltd   (Switzerland)

^g RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

FORELAND BASINS; PROGRADING SEQUENCES; SEISMIC FACIES;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BURDIGALIAN; MIOCENE; MOLASSE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SHALLOW MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBSIDENCE;

SWITZERLAND, ALPS;

EID: 0031193704     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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