Estimating hinterland exhumation from late orogenic basin volume, NW Borneo

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 353-366

  Morley, Chris K ^a   Back, Stefan ^b  

^a PTTEP   (Thailand)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DELAMINATION; DENUDATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXHUMATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MIOCENE; OROGENY; PROGRADATION; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERTIARY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; BARAM BASIN; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 38949177396     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-067     Document Type: Article

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