Structural sequences and styles of subsidence in the Michigan basin

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 974-991

  Howell, Paul D ^a   Van Der Pluijm, Ben A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; TOPOGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

CRUSTAL ATTENUATION; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL SEQUENCES; TECTONIC FRAMEWORK; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS; THERMAL CONTRACTION; THERMAL MECHANISMS; WELL LOG CORRELATION;

SUBSIDENCE;

BASIN EVOLUTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING;

MICHIGAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032750180     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0974:SSASOS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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