Margin segmentation prior to continental break-up: A seismic-stratigraphic record of multiphased rifting in the North Atlantic (Southwest Iberia)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 505, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 17-34

  Pereira, Ricardo ^a,b   Alves, Tiago M ^b  

^a Partex Oil and Gas   (Portugal)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Margin segmentation; Non volcanic margin; North Atlantic Ocean; Rifting; Southwest Iberia

Indexed keywords

MARGIN SEGMENTATION; NON-VOLCANIC MARGIN; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; RIFTING; SOUTHWEST IBERIA;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEGMENTATION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TRIASSIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IBERIAN MARGIN;

EID: 79957698666     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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