Slump folds as estimators of palaeoslope: A case study from the Fisherstreet Slump of County Clare, Ireland

Basin Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-470

  Strachan, Lorna J ^a   Alsop, G I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; FAULT; FOLD; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SLOPE;

COUNTY CLARE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845369432     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2006.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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