Numerical modelling of depositional sequences in half-graben rift basins

Sedimentology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 169-185

  Gawthorpe, Rob L ^a   Hardy, Stuart ^a   Ritchie, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deltas; Normal faults; Numerical modelling; Rift basins; Sea level change; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GRABEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIFTING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

GULF OF CORINTH; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037294474     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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