Tectonics, basin subsidence mechanisms, and paleogeography of the Caribbean-South American plate boundary zone

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-39

  Escalona, Alejandro ^a   Mann, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Oblique convergence; Paleogeography; Seismic; South America; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN; OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEISMIC; SOUTH AMERICA;

DEFORMATION; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP FORMING; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; WELLS;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC DATA; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 78649903854     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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