Influence of the Neotethys rifting on the development of the Dampier Sub-basin (North West Shelf of Australia), highlighted by subsidence modelling

Tectonophysics

Volumn 397, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 93-111

  Langhi, Laurent ^a   Borel, Gilles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glacial deposits; Neotethys; Rifting; Seismic stratigraphy; Subsidence; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; GONDWANA; RIFTING; STRESS FIELD; SUBSIDENCE; TETHYS;

AUSTRALIAN NORTHWEST SHELF; DAMPIER BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 14644396213     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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