Impact of lithospheric flexure on the evolution of shallow faults in the Timor foreland system

Marine Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 40-54

  Langhi, Laurent ^a,c   Ciftci, N Bozkurt ^a,c   Borel, Gilles D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fault reactivation; Laminaria High; Plate flexure; Timor Sea

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; ELASTIC MODELS; FAULT DEVELOPMENT; FAULT GROWTH; FAULT REACTIVATION; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; FLEXURAL STRESS; FOREBULGE; JURASSIC; KEY FACTORS; LAMINARIA HIGH; LATE MIOCENE; LATE PLIOCENE; LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE; NEO GENES; PLATE FLEXURE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; RE-EVALUATION; SHALLOW FAULTS; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; TIMOR SEA; VOLCANIC ARC;

HYDROCARBONS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COLLISION ZONE; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FLEXURE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; LEAKAGE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NEOGENE; STRIKE (GEOLOGY); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; TIMOR SEA;

LAMINARIA;

EID: 79957638702     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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