Cenozoic tectonics of the Western Approaches Channel basins and its control of local drainage systems

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 451-464

  Roy, Pascal Le ^a   Gracia Garay, Claire ^b   Guennoc, Pol ^c   Bourillet, Jean François ^d   Reynaud, Jean Yves ^e   Thinon, Isabelle ^c   Kervevan, Patrick ^a   Paquet, Fabien ^c   Menier, David ^f   Bulois, Cédric ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c BRGM   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; English Channel; Palaeovalley; Seismic stratigraphy; Tectonic inversion; Western Approaches basins

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; NEOGENE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UPLIFT;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 82555196959     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.182.5.451     Document Type: Article

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