Overburden deformation associated with halokinesis in the Southern North Sea: Implications for the origin of the Silverpit Crater

Visual Geosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-47

  Thomson, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentric faulting; Gravitational collapse; Salt tectonics; Silverpit Crater

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIAPIR; FAULTING; SALT TECTONICS; SEISMIC DATA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SILVERPIT CRATER;

EID: 13344276639     PISSN: 16102924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10069-004-0019-0     Document Type: Article

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