Tectonic control on paleovalley incision at the distal margin of the early Tertiary Alpine foreland basin, southeastern France

Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section B: Stratigraphy and Global Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1030-1043

  Gupta, Sanjeev ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FORELAND BASIN; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONICS; TERTIARY; VALLEY INCISION;

FRANCE;

BUILDINGS; CATCHMENTS; FAULTING; LANDFORMS; SCOUR; SEA LEVEL;

CATCHMENT BASINS; EROSIONAL SCOURS; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; FAULT PROPAGATION; FLUVIAL EROSION; FORELAND BASIN; PROVENANCE STUDIES; TECTONIC CONTROL;

EROSION;

EID: 0031431592     PISSN: 10731318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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