Rates of deformation of an extensional growth fault/raft system (offshore Congo, West African margin) from combined accommodation measurements and 3-D restoration

Basin Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-200

  Rouby, D ^a   Guillocheau, F ^a   Robin, C ^b   Bouroullec, R ^c   Raillard, S ^d   Castelltort, S ^a   Nalpas, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GROWTH FAULT; SEDIMENTATION; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037530544     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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