Characteristics of repeated, detached, Miocene-Pliocene tectonic inversion events, in a large delta province on an active margin, Brunei Darussalam, Borneo

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1147-1169

  Morley, C K ^a   Back, S ^a   Van Rensbergen, P ^b   Crevello, P ^c   Lambiase, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Active margin; Delta province; Tectonic inversion events

Indexed keywords

DELTA PROGRADATION;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; SANDSTONE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACTIVE MARGIN; FAULTING; FOLDING; INVERSION TECTONICS; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BORNEO;

EID: 0037411478     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00130-X     Document Type: Article

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