The Grès d'Annot in the Annot syncline: Outer basin-margin onlap and associated soft-sediment deformation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 221, Issue , 2004, Pages 367-388

  Puigdefàbregas, Cai ^a,b   Gjelberg, John ^b   Vaksdal, Monica ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FORELAND BASIN; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SYNCLINE; TURBIDITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142757283     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.221.01.20     Document Type: Article

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