Modeling the role of erosion in diapir development in contractional settings

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 193, Issue , 2001, Pages 111-122

  Sans, Maura ^a   Koyi, Hemin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONES;

DUCTILE LAYERS; DYNAMICALLY SCALED MODELS; MODEL RESULTS; OPEN STRUCTURE; PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS; PLIOCENE; ROCK SALT; SALT FORMATION;

EROSION;

CONTRACTION; DIAPIR; EOCENE; EROSION RATE; GEOSYNCLINE; OUTCROP; OVERBURDEN; PYRENE; SALT;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CALIFORNIA; CARDONA; CATALONIA; MOUNT PINOS; SAN EMIGDIO MOUNTAINS; SPAIN; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842539667     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1193-2.111     Document Type: Article

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