Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Central European Basin System revealed by seismic reflection profiles from Northern Germany

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-401

  Mazur, S ^a,b   Scheck Wenderoth, M ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Basin inversion; Deformation decoupling; Elbe Fault System; Permo Mesozoic; Salt

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 29244468316     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001677460002120X     Document Type: Article

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