Formation and evolution of paleo-valleys linked to a subsiding canyon, North Aquitaine shelf (France)

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-48

  Bellec, Valérie Karin ^a   Cirac, Pierre ^a   Faugères, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Aquitaine shelf; Canyon; France; Miocene; Paleo valleys

Indexed keywords

CANYON; DEFORMATION; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC DATA; STRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT; VALLEY;

AQUITAINE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

MUSTELA;

EID: 60449091838     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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