Salt tectonics on passive margins: Examples from Santos, Campos and Kwanza basins

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 207-244

  Quirk, Dave G ^a   Schødt, Niels ^a   Lassen, Birgitte ^a   Ings, Steven J ^b   Hsu, Dan ^c   Hirsch, Katja K ^a   Von Nicolai, Christina ^d  

^a MAERSK OIL   (Denmark)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAERSK OIL   (United States)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOSTASY; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; SALT TECTONICS;

ANGOLA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN; CUANZA BASIN; SANTOS BASIN;

EID: 84857387143     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP363.10     Document Type: Article

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