Style, timing and distribution of tectonic deformation across the Exmouth Plateau, northwest Australia, determined from stratal architecture and quantitative basin modelling

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 164, Issue , 2000, Pages 271-311

  Karner, Garry D ^a   Driscoll, Neal W ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FLEXURE; KINEMATICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PERMIAN; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034117832     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.14     Document Type: Article

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