Tectonic and stratigraphic development of the West African and eastern Brazilian Margins: insights from quantitative basin modelling

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 153, Issue , 1999, Pages 11-40

  Karner, Garry D ^a   Driscoll, Neal W ^b  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033396586     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.02     Document Type: Article

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