Coeval extension and shortening above and below salt canopies on an uplifted, continental margin: Application to the northern Gulf of Mexico

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1737-1764

  Dooley, Tim P ^a   Jackson, Martin P A ^a   Hudec, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL UPLIFT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; PHYSICAL MODEL; SHALLOW EXTENSION;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EXHUMATION; FOLD BELT; FOLDING; MIOCENE; SALT; SHELF BREAK; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84887251735     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/03271312072     Document Type: Article

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