Origin of contrasting Devonian supradetachment basin types in the Scandinavian Caledonides

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 571-574

  Vetti, Vegard V ^a   Fossen, Haakon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN TYPE; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DEVONIANS; EXTENSIONAL COLLAPSE; FORWARD MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATICS; UPPER PLATE;

SOFTWARE TESTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

BEDDING PLANE; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DETACHMENT FAULT; DEVONIAN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

NORDFJORDEN; NORWAY; SOGN OG FJORDANE; SOGNEFJORDEN;

EID: 84864305267     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32512.1     Document Type: Article

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