Radial gravitational gliding indicated by subsalt relief and salt-related structures: The example of the gulf of lions, western mediterranean

Revista Brasileira de Geofisica

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-365

  Dos Reis, Antonio Tadeu ^a   Gorini, Christian ^b   Weibull, Wiktor ^a   Perovano, Rodrigo ^a   Mepen, Michelle ^a   Ferreira, Érika ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Basin analysis; Gulf of Lions France; Marine seismic reflection; Passive margin evolution; Radial gravitational gilding; Salt tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; FAULT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGING METHOD; ISOPACH MAP; RELIEF; SALT TECTONICS; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 66749145065     PISSN: 0102261X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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