Migration of a synclinal depocentre from turbidite growth strata: The Annot syncline, SE France

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-220

  Salles, Lise ^a   Ford, Mary ^a   Joseph, Philippe ^b   Le Carlier De Veslud, Christian ^c   Le Solleuz, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

3D surface model from field data; Annot syncline; Growth folding; Limb rotation; Migration of depocentre; SW tertiary Alpine foreland basin; Trishear kinematic model; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITION; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FORELAND BASIN; KINEMATICS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SYNCLINE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBIDITE;

FRANCE;

EID: 80051697496     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.182.3.199     Document Type: Article

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