Geometry of thin-skinned tectonic systems in relation to detachment layer thickness in sedimentary basins

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 719-732

  Stewart, S A ^a  

^a Amerada Hess Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS;

FAULTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

DETACHMENT FOLDS; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; IDEALIZED MODELS; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; REGIONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRUCTURAL STYLES; THIN-SKINNED TECTONICS;

SALT TECTONICS;

EID: 0033457905     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900018     Document Type: Article

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