Signature of cryptic sedimentary basin inversion revealed by shale compaction data in the Irish Sea, western British Isles

Tectonics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Holford, Simon P ^a   Turner, Jonathan P ^b,c   Green, Paul F ^d   Hillis, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^d Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; COMPACTION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; EROSION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HANGING WALL; HETEROGENEITY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; INVERSION TECTONICS; MANTLE PLUME; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHALE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC; ULTRASONICS; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 70149085256     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008TC002359     Document Type: Article

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