Impact of structural and autocyclic basin-floor topography on the depositional evolution of the deep-water Valparaiso forearc basin, central Chile

Basin Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-226

  Laursen, Jane ^a   Normark, William R ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; DEPOSITION; FOREARC BASIN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037868185     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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