Burial and temperature evolution in thrust belt systems: Sedimentary and thrust sheet loading in the SE Canadian Cordillera

Tectonics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Hardebol, N J ^a,b   Callot, J P ^a   Bertotti, G ^b   Faure, J L ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth Science ISES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; DENUDATION; EXHUMATION; FLUID FLOW; FORELAND BASIN; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350147058     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008TC002335     Document Type: Article

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