Salt tectonics driven by sediment progradation: Part I - Mechanics and kinematics

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1071-1079

  Vendeville, Bruno C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; KINEMATICS; PROXIMITY SENSORS; SALTS; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS; VISCOUS FLOW;

DISTAL SEDIMENTS; KINEMATIC CHARACTERISTICS; SALT TECTONICS; SEDIMENT PROPAGATION;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

SALT TECTONICS;

EID: 23044455712     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/03310503063     Document Type: Article

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