The control of salt supply on entrainment of an anhydrite layer within a salt diapir

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1192-1200

  Chemia, Zurab ^a   Koyi, Hemin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anhydrite; Entrainment; Numerical modelling; Salt supply; Sinking

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; ENTRAINMENT; EVOLUTION HISTORY; LATERAL FORCES; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; SALT SUPPLY; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SINKING;

GARNETS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STRATIGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

SEDIMENTATION;

ANHYDRITE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DIAPIR; ENTRAINMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; SALT DOME; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EID: 49749136976     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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