The West Crocker formation of northwest Borneo: A Paleogene accretionary prism

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 436, Issue , 2008, Pages 171-184

  Lambiase, Joseph J ^a,d   Tzong, Tan Yaw ^a,c   William, Amelia G ^a,e   Bidgood, Michael D ^b   Brenac, Patrice ^b   Cullen, Andrew B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b GSS International   (United Kingdom)

^c Sabah Shell Sendirian Berhad ^*  (Malaysia)

^d Lambiase Geoscience Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^e ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Accretionary prism; Borneo; Syntectonic; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRISMS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BORNEO; PALYNOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGE; PROGRADATIONAL LOBES; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTECTONIC; TURBIDITES; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEPOSITION; EOCENE; FOLDING; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; PALYNOLOGY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; THRUST FAULT; TURBIDITE;

BORNEO;

EID: 75149170126     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2436(08)     Document Type: Article

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