Internal configuration of the Levantine Basin from seismic reflection data (eastern Mediterranean)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 77-89

  Vidal, N ^a   Alvarez Marron J ^a   Klaeschen, D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental margin sedimentation; Deep seismic sounding; East Mediterranean; Evolution; Geophysical surveys; Reflection methods; Sedimentary basins; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033866505     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00146-1     Document Type: Article

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