Sedimentation rates and subsidence in the Southern Tyrrhenian Basin

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-165

  Pasquale, V ^a   Chiozzi, P ^a   Verdoya, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Compaction; Isostasy; Mass accumulation rate; Porosity; Subsidence analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; SEDIMENTS; SUBSIDENCE;

BACK-ARC BASIN; ISOSTASY; MASS ACCUMULATION RATE;

SEDIMENTATION;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; ACCUMULATION RATE; BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; ISOSTASY; PETROGENESIS; PLIOCENE; POROSITY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBSIDENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN BASIN;

EID: 33845253120     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-005-4564-1     Document Type: Article

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