Sedimentary records of rift to pull-apart tectonics in the Miocene Eoil Basin, SE Korea

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 236, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 256-271

  Kwon, C W ^a   Jeong, J O ^a   Sohn, Y K ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Eoil Basin; Gampo Conglomerate; Pull apart basin; Stratigraphic development

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EOIL BASIN; GAMPO CONGLOMERATE; PULL-APART BASIN; STRATIGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITS; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

TECTONICS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONGLOMERATE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 79952701724     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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