The middle Devonian basins of western Norway: Sedimentary response to large-scale transtensional tectonics?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 332, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 51-68

  Osmundsen, P T ^a   Andersen, T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Devonian basins; Nordjord Sogn detachment zone; Transternsional tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEVONIAN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TRANSTENSION;

NORWAY;

EID: 0035010876     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00249-3     Document Type: Article

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