Evolution of the North Caucasus foredeep: Constraints based on the analysis of subsidence curves

Tectonophysics

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 361-379

  Mikhailov, Valentine O ^a   V Panina, Ludmila ^b   Polino, Riccardo ^c   Koronovsky, Nikolay V ^b   Kiseleva, Elena A ^a   Klavdieva, Natalya V ^b   Smolyaninova, Ekaterina I ^a  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Ctro Studi Sulla Geodinamica D   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foredeep; Geodynamics; Great Caucasus; Subsidence curves

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FOREDEEP; SUBSIDENCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033617930     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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