Low-amplitude, synsedimentary folding of a deltaic complex: Roda Sandstone (lower Eocene), South-Pyrenean Foreland Basin

Basin Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-96

  Lopez Blanco M ^a   Marzo, M ^a   Munoz, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; EOCENE; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 0037339888     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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