Basin architecture and growth folding of the NW Zagros early foreland basin during the Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 235-250

  Saura, Eduard ^a   Vergés, Jaume ^a   Homke, Stéphane ^b   Blanc, Eric ^b   Serra Kiel, Josep ^c   Bernaola, Gilen ^d   Casciello, Emilio ^a   Fernández, Naiara ^a   Romaire, Indiana ^a   Casini, Giulio ^b   Embry, Jean Christophe ^b   Sharp, Ian R ^b   Hunt, David W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEFORMATION FRONT; EXTERNAL AREA; FORELAND BASIN; LATE CRETACEOUS; RED BED; SLOPE DEPOSIT; TIME LINE;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; OROGENY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

IRAN; ZAGROS BASIN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84860389737     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-092     Document Type: Article

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