Partitioned transtension: An alternative to basin inversion models

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 607-625

  De Paola, N ^a,b   Holdsworth, R E ^a   McCaffrey, K J W ^a   Barchi, M R ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basin tectonics; Carboniferous; Inversion; Strain partitioning; Transtension

Indexed keywords

BASIN INVERSION MODELS; BASIN-BOUNDING FAULTS; INVERSION STRUCTURES; PARTITION TRANSTENSION;

ANISOTROPY; CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; INVERSION TECTONICS; RIFT ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSTENSION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHUMBERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 16244366804     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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