Onset of subduction as the cause of rapid Pliocene-Quaternary subsidence in the South Caspian basin

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 775-778

  Allen, Mark B ^a   Jones, Stephen ^b   Ismail Zadeh, Arif ^c   Simmons, Mike ^a   Anderson, Lester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

Caspian region; Collision; Subduction; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT SUBDUCTION;

GRAVITATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

CATCHMENTS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GRAVITY FIELD; NEOTECTONICS; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE;

CASPIAN SEA;

EID: 0346035997     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0775:OOSATC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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