Cretaceous-Tertiary inversion history of the Dampier Sub-basin, northwest Australia: Insights from quantitative basin modelling

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-526

  Cathro, Donna L ^a,b   Karner, Garry D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin inversion; Clinoforms; Kinematic and isostatic basin modelling; Palaeo water depth

Indexed keywords

BASIN INVERSION; CLINOFORMS; ISOSTATIC BASIN MODELLING; KINEMATIC BASIN MODELLING; PALAEO-WATER DEPTH;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ANTICLINE; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; INVERSION TECTONICS; LITHOSPHERE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIAN NORTHWEST SHELF; DAMPIER BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 33745186688     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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