Palaeogene-Neogene/present day (?) growth folding in the Bahamian foreland of the Cuban fold and thrust belt

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 617-631

  Masaferro, Jose L ^a,d   Poblet, Josep ^b   Bulnes, Mayte ^b   Eberli, Gregor P ^a   Dixon, Timothy H ^a   McClay, Ken ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic deformation; Cuba; Growth folding; Santaren Anticline

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; CENOZOIC; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CUBA;

EID: 0033491677     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.3.0617     Document Type: Article

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