Long lasting interactions between tectonic loading, unroofing, post-rift thermal subsidence and sedimentary transfers along the western margin of the Gulf of Mexico: Some insights from integrated quantitative studies

Tectonophysics

Volumn 475, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-189

  Roure, François ^a,f   Alzaga Ruiz, Humberto ^a,b,c   Callot, Jean Paul ^a   Ferket, Helga ^a,b,g   Granjeon, Didier ^a   Gonzalez Mercado, Graciela Esmeralda ^a,d   Guilhaumou, Nicole ^e   Lopez, Michel ^c   Mougin, Pascal ^a   Ortuno Arzate, Salvador ^b   Séranne, Michel ^c  

^a IFP Rueil   (France)

^b IMP Mexico ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d PEMEX   (Mexico)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fluid flow modeling; Gravitational collapse; Laramide front; Listric fault; Mexico; Stratigraphic modeling

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW MODELING; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; LARAMIDE FRONT; LISTRIC FAULT; MEXICO; STRATIGRAPHIC MODELING;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORESTRY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STARS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

TECTONICS;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; FAULT; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; GRAVITY FIELD; JURASSIC; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UNROOFING; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 70349159563     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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