Evolution of a thrust-sheet-top basin: The Tertiary Barrême basin, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1617-1643

  Evans, Martin J ^a,c   Elliott, Trevor ^b  

^a Anadarko (Algeria) Company LLC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAERSK OIL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

EARLY OLIGOCENE; GROWTH STRUCTURES; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; OUT OF SEQUENCES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THRUST STRUCTURES; TRANSPORT DIRECTION; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

LANDFORMS;

SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; THRUST;

ALPES-DE-HAUTE-PROVENCE; BARREME BASIN; FRANCE;

EID: 0033367342     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1617:EOATST>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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