Reconstructing the Mesozoic-Cenozoic exhumation history of the Irish Sea basin system using apatite fission track analysis and vitrinite reflectance data

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 1095-1107

  Holford, S P ^a   Turner, J P ^a   Green, P F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

AFTA; Basin analysis; Epeirogeny; Exhumation; Inversion tectonics; Irish Sea; VR

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052529161     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0061095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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