Deepwater folding and thrusting offshore NW Borneo, SE Asia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 348, Issue , 2010, Pages 169-185

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP WATER; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; HOLOCENE; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; PLIOCENE; SEISMIC DATA;

BORNEO;

EID: 78650217526     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP348.9     Document Type: Article

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