Basement control on flexural profiles and the distribution of foreland facies: The Dwyka Group of the Karoo Basin, South Africa

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 517-520

  Catuneanu, Octavian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basement tectonics; Dwyka Group; Flexural tectonics; Foreland system; Karoo Basin

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT CONTROL; OROGENIC LOADING;

TECTONICS;

GEOLOGY;

BASEMENT ROCK; FAULT; FLEXURE; FORELAND BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFRICA; KAROO BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3142717507     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20526.1     Document Type: Article

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