Fold control on the stratigraphic record: A quantified sequence stratigraphic study of the Pico del Aguila anticline in the south-western Pyrenees (Spain)

Basin Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 527-551

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; FOLD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUESCA [ARAGON]; JACA BASIN; PICO DEL AGUILA; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 0346911979     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2003.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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