Salt tectonics on the Angolan margin, synsedimentary deformation processes

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1523-1544

  Fort, Xavier ^a,b   Brun, Jean Pierre ^a   Chauvel, Francois ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c Mobil North Sea Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; SALTS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; SHRINKAGE;

ANGOLAN MARGIN; SALT BASINS; SALT TECTONICS; SEISMIC DATA;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DIAPIR; SALT DOME; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS;

ANGOLAN MARGIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 8644290876     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06010403012     Document Type: Article

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