Seismic reflectivity of detachment faults of the Iberian and Tethyan distal continental margins based on geological and petrophysical data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 350, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-156

  Hölker, Andreas B ^a   Holliger, Klaus ^a   Manatschal, Gianreto ^b   Anselmetti, Flavio ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Detachment faults; Physical properties; Rifted margins; Seismic models; Seismic structure; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DETACHMENT FAULT; RIFTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036298259     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00115-4     Document Type: Article

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