Implications of continuous structural inversion in the West Netherlands Basin for understanding controls on Palaeogene deformation in NW Europe

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-85

  Worum, Geza ^a   Michon, Laurent ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Basin analysis; Erosion; Sedimentation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; INVERSION TECTONICS; PALEOGENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 13344287008     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-011     Document Type: Article

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