Structural analysis and kinematic evolution of the inverted central South Celtic Sea Basin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 667-687

  Bulnes, M ^a,b   McClay, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Celtic sea; Structural geology; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

PALAEOZOIC BASEMENT; SOUTH CELTIC SEA BASIN;

KINEMATICS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; KINEMATICS; MESOZOIC; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

CELTIC SEA;

EID: 0032215879     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(98)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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