… methods have resulted in rapidly improving actualistic models for sedimentary basins. …
plate-tectonic models for sedimentary basins. Models dealing solely with plate-tectonic processes, …

… of papers on the tectonics of sedimentary basin evolution presented at the 7th annual
workshop of the International Lithosphere Program Task Force `Origin of Sedimentary Basins' in …

… tectonic models are the best framework within which to understand the tectonics of sedimentary
basins… ation, and evolution of sedimentary basins in diverse tectonic settings. Horizontal …

… sediments. Salveson proposed this mechanism to explain much of the erosion of prerift
sediments … In addition, he pointed out that an important consequence of this tectonic model was …

… Tectonic activity affects the development of facies within a sedimentary basin almost
exclusively via its control on topography. In a basin where all other influences are presumed …

… The tectonic evolution of sedimentary basins is the intrinsic result of the interplay between
… to basin-forming mechanisms, in both extension and compression. Tectonic reactivation has …

… Like all geologic research, this book is a “progress report” on our understanding of the
tectonics of sedimentary basins, which we think has advanced greatly in recent years. We hope …

… of plate tectonics and of the associated thermal models of … , even though the development
of several major basins is now … of sediments which have accumulated in a subsiding basin …

… Simple model for the tectonic subsidence of a sedimentary basin as a function of age. The
subsidence is assumed to decrease exponentially with time, in a manner similar to a mid-…

… T he variety among sedimentary basins The variety among sedimentary basins, their
tectonic setting and their filling history is over whelming. It is precisely that variety that has in the …