Animated models of extensional basins and passive margins

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Jones, Stephen M ^a,b   White, Nicky ^a,b   Faulkner, Paul ^a   Bellingham, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

2 D inverse subsidence modeling; Strain rate history; Thermal structure of sedimentary basins

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049003344     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000658     Document Type: Article

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