Evidence for kilometre-scale Neogene exhumation driven by compressional deformation in the Irish Sea basin system

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 306, Issue , 2008, Pages 91-119

  Holford, Simon P ^a   Green, Paul F ^b   Turner, Jonathan P ^c   Williams, Gareth A ^d   Hillis, Richard R ^a   Tappin, David R ^d   Duddy, Ian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COMPACTION; COMPRESSION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NEOGENE; OCEAN BASIN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUCCESSION; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 70149113054     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP306.4     Document Type: Article

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