Fluvial architecture as a response to two-layer lithospheric subsidence during the Permian and Triassic in the Iberian Basin, eastern Spain

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 223, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 320-333

  López Gómez, José ^a   Arche, Alfredo ^a   Vargas, Henar ^b   Marzo, Mariano ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluvial architecture; Permian; Stretching factor; Subsidence; Tectonic controls; Triassic

Indexed keywords

AVULSION; BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOMETRY; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TRIASSIC; UPPER MANTLE;

IBERIAN BASIN;

EID: 75549089698     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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