Subsidence and uplift mechanisms within the South Caspian Basin: Insights from the onshore and offshore Azerbaijan region

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 312, Issue , 2009, Pages 219-240

  Egan, Stuart S ^a   Mosar, Jon ^b   Brunet, Marie Françoise ^c,d   Kangarli, Talat ^e  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Université Géologie et Paléontologie   (Switzerland)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION; MESOZOIC; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT;

ASIA; AZERBAIJAN; CASPIAN BASIN; CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 70349119979     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP312.11     Document Type: Article

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