Carbonate platforms in wedge-top basins: An example from the Gunung Mulu National Park, Northern Sarawak (Malaysia)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-207

  Wannier, Mario ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform drowning; Melinau; Mobile substratum; Mulu; Sarawak; Wedge top basin

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM DROWNING; MELINAU; MOBILE SUBSTRATUM; MULU; SARAWAK; WEDGE-TOP BASIN;

ACCIDENTS; PARKS; ROTATION;

CARBONATION;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CARBONATE PLATFORM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MOBILE BELT; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC WEDGE; THRUST;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; GUNUNG MULU NATIONAL PARK; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 58149252280     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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