Factors controlling the evolution of the Perdido Fold Belt, northwestern Gulf of Mexico, determined from numerical models

Tectonics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Gradmann, Sofie ^a   Beaumont, Christopher ^a   Albertz, Markus ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; FOLD BELT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERBURDEN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; PERDIDO FOLD BELT; SIGSBEE ESCARPMENT;

EID: 69549091636     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008TC002326     Document Type: Article

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