Deformation style and basin-fill architecture of the offshore Limón back-arc basin (Costa Rica)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 277-287

  Brandes, Christian ^a   Astorga, Allan ^b   Back, Stefan ^c   Littke, Ralf ^c   Winsemann, Jutta ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Basin fill architecture; Delta tectonics; Lim n Basin

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LITHOLOGY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BACK-ARC BASIN; BASIN-FILL ARCHITECTURE; DELTA TECTONICS; OFFSHORE SEISMIC LINES;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; NORMAL FAULT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; LIMON;

EID: 34347331307     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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