Seismic stratigraphic record of transpression and uplift on the Romanche transform margin, offshore Ghana

Tectonophysics

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Attoh, Kodjopa ^a   Brown, Larry ^a   Guo, Jingru ^a   Heanlein, Joel ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Romanche Fracture Zone; Seismic stratigraphy; Transform margin; Transpressional folding; West Africa

Indexed keywords

FOLDING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSFORM FAULT; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1642545473     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.09.026     Document Type: Article

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