Structural evolution of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea from new seismic data

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 381-407

  Mauffret, A ^a   Contrucci, I ^a   Brunet, C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

Postorogenic extension; Seismic profiles; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC PROFILES;

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032869819     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(99)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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