The shaping of salt diapirs

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 321-338

  Koyi, Hemin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; SEDIMENTS;

COLUMNAR DIAPIRS; SALT DIAPIRS; UPWARD-NARROWING DIAPIRS; UPWARD-WIDENING DIAPIRS;

TECTONICS;

SALT DIAPIR; SALT TECTONICS;

EID: 0032052880     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00092-8     Document Type: Article

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