Oblique to Orthogonal Convergence across the Turan Block in the Post-Miocene

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1135-1160

  Lyberis, Nikos ^a   Manby, Geoff ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DEFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BASIN INVERSION STRUCTURES; FAULT CONTROLLED FACIES;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

EID: 0032652644     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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