Synsedimentary structural control on foredeep turbidites: An example from Miocene Marnoso-arenacea Formation, Northern Apennines, Italy

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 629-657

  Tinterri, Roberto ^a   Muzzi Magalhaes, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Facies analysis; Foredeep turbidites; Marnoso arenacea Formation (MAF); Syntectonic sedimentation

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; FLOW EFFICIENCY; FOREDEEP TURBIDITES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATERAL DISTRIBUTIONS; MARNOSO-ARENACEA FORMATION (MAF); MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; NORTHERN APENNINES; OROGENIC WEDGE; STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SYNSEDIMENTARY; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITE DEPOSITS;

COMPLEXATION; CONTROL THEORY; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOCENTER; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOREARC BASIN; MIOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING; TURBIDITE;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 79551611536     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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