The role of syntectonic sedimentation in the evolution of doubly vergent thrust wedges and foreland folds

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1051-1069

  Duerto, Leo ^a   McClay, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Blind thrusts; Critical taper; Diapirism; Diapirs; Duplex; Duplexing; Fold and thrust belts; Foreland; Modelling; Polymer; Shale; Syntectonic; Syntectonism

Indexed keywords

ANALOGUE MODELLING; BLIND THRUSTS; CRITICAL TAPER; DIAPIRISM; DIAPIRS; DUPLEX; DUPLEXING; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; FORELAND; MODELLING; SYNTECTONIC; SYNTECTONISM;

EXPERIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE;

TECTONICS;

AGGRADATION; BASIN EVOLUTION; BLACK SHALE; DEFORMATION; DIAPIR; DIAPIRISM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC WEDGE;

EID: 67349262014     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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