Time lag of syntectonic sedimentation across an alluvial basin: Theory and example from the Ebro Basin, Spain

Basin Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 489-506

  Jones, Merren A ^a   Heller, Paul L ^b   Roca, Eduard ^c   Garcés, Miguel ^c   Cabrera, Lluís ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TIMESCALE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 11044233589     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2004.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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