Tectonics and sedimentation in the hangingwall of a major extensional detachment: The Devonian Kvamshesten Basin, western Norway

Basin Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-234

  Osmundsen, P T ^a   Andersen, T B ^b   Markussen, S ^a   Svendby, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Esso Norge   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT ZONE; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

KVAMSHESTEN BASIN; NORWAY;

EID: 0031663857     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1998.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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