Salt deposition, loading and gravity drainage in the Campos and Santos salt basins

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-174

  Davison, Ian ^a   Anderson, Lee ^b   Nuttall, Peter ^c  

^a EARTHMOVES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b GEO International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DIAPIR; DRAINAGE; EVAPORITE; GRABEN; GRAVITY; SUBSIDENCE; SYNCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN; ESPIRITO SANTO BASIN; SANTOS BASIN;

EID: 84857379472     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP363.8     Document Type: Article

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