Stratigraphic expression of the lateral propagation and growth of isolated fault-related uplifts

Basin Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-233

  Bernal, Asdrúbal ^a   Hardy, Stuart ^b   Gawthorpe, Rob ^c   Finch, Emma ^c  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT PROPAGATION; OROGENIC BELT; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT;

EID: 2942547267     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2004.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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