Evolution of the Northeast German Basin - inferences from a 3D structural model and subsidence analysis

Tectonophysics

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 145-169

  Scheck, M ^a   Bayer, U ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D basin modeling; Backstripping; Intracontinental basin; Northeast German Basin; Salt; Structural model; Subsidence history

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE;

GERMANY;

EID: 0033544460     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00194-8     Document Type: Article

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