The structural evolution of folds in a deepwater fold and thrust belt - a case study from the Sabah continental margin offshore NW Borneo, SE Asia

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 442-454

  Hesse, S ^a   Back, S ^a   Franke, D ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borneo; Fold geometry; Fold thrust belt; Interlimb angle; Seismic data

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIONAL; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEPWATER; DEFORMATION FEATURE; FOLD BELTS; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; FOLD-THRUST BELT; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION; INHOMOGENEITIES; NORMAL FAULTS; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC DATAS; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SLOPE; THRUST FAULTS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEFORMATION; GAS HYDRATES; HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

TECTONICS;

ANTICLINE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; GAS HYDRATE; GEOMETRY; HANGING WALL; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC DATA; THRUST FAULT;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

EID: 72449136159     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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