Fault growth as a key control on the sedimentary architecture and depositional environments of extensional basins: The case study of the tablate area (Granada Basin, Spain)

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 422-442

  Rustichelli, Andrea ^a   Agosta, Fabrizio ^b   Tondi, Emanuele ^a   Galindo Zaldívar, Jesus ^c,d   Di Celma, Claudio ^a   Spina, Vincenzo ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera; Intramontane basin; Miocene; Normal faults; Sedimentary facies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900363699     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: 20381727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2012.38     Document Type: Article

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