Linked sequence stratigraphic and structural evolution of propagating normal faults

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 795-798

  Gawthorpe, Rob L ^a   Sharp, Ian ^a   Underhill, John R ^b   Gupta, Sanjeev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; STRATIGRAPHY;

BURIED FAULTS; BURIED STRUCTURE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; NORMAL FAULTING; NORMAL FAULTS; STACKING PATTERNS; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; SURFACE FAULTING;

FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; RIFT ZONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; RIFT;

GULF OF SUEZ; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; RED SEA;

EID: 0031442894     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0795:LSSASE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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