Neogene subsidence and stratigraphy of the Simeulue forearc basin, Northwest Sumatra

Marine Geology

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Berglar, Kai ^a   Gaedicke, Christoph ^a   Lutz, Rüdiger ^a   Franke, Dieter ^a   Djajadihardja, Yusuf S ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b AGENCY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY BPPT   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Forearc basin; Seismic stratigraphy; Simeulue; Subduction; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

ELSEVIER (CO); EVOLUTION (CO); FORE ARC BASIN; FORE ARC REGION; MIOCENE; MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC (MCS); NEO GENES; OBLIQUE SUBDUCTION; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SMALL SCALE; SOURCE AREAS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; SUMATRA; TWO-WAY TRAVELTIME; WATER DEPTHS;

ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FORMING; NEON; SEDIMENTATION; STAGES; STRATIGRAPHY;

SUBSIDENCE;

FOREARC BASIN; GRABEN; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE; UNCONFORMITY;

ASIA; ATJEH; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SIMEULUE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 45549108804     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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