Stratigraphic signatures of translation of thrust-sheet top basins over low-angle detachment faults

Basin Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-163

  Clevis, Quintijn ^a   de Jager, Gerben ^a   Nijman, Wouter ^a   de Boer, Poppe L ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FORELAND BASIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THRUST;

EID: 2942548815     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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