Tectonostratigraphic development in the Eastern Lower Congo Basin, offshore Angola, West Africa

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 909-927

  Valle, Paul J ^a,b   Gjelberg, John G ^b   Helland Hansen, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lower Congo basin; Salt tectonics; Sedimenatary loading

Indexed keywords

RAFTING;

CATCHMENTS; STRAIN; STRETCHING; TECTONICS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

DIAPIR; MESOZOIC; SALT TECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERTIARY;

ANGOLA; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035465879     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(01)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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