Plate tectonics and basin subsidence history

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 55-64

  Xie, Xiangyang ^a,b   Heller, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearc basins; Foreland basins; Intracontinental basins; Passive margins; Strike slip basins; Subsidence analysis

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASINS; FORELAND BASINS; INTRACONTINENTAL BASINS; PASSIVE MARGINS; STRIKE-SLIP BASINS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

SUBSIDENCE;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; EUSTACY; FOREARC BASIN; FORELAND BASIN; OCEAN BASIN; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLATE TECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 69949189669     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26398.1     Document Type: Article

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