Thermochronology, denudation and variations in palaeosurface temperature: A case study from the North Slope foreland basin, Alaska

Basin Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-204

  O'Sullivan, P B ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DENUDATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033192414     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1999.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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