Present-day stress and neotectonic provinces of the Baram delta and deep-water fold-thrust belt

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-200

  King, Rosalind C ^a   Hillis, Richard R ^a   Tingay, Mark R P ^a,b   Morley, Chris K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PTTEP   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; DEEP WATER; DELTA; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NEOTECTONICS; STRESS;

ASIA; BARAM BASIN; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 69249171991     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-062R     Document Type: Article

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