High resolution fault displacement mapping from three-dimensional seismic data: Evidence for dip linkage during fault growth

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 249-263

  Mansfield, C S ^a   Cartwright, J A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIP LINKAGE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GROWTH; MAPPING; SEISMIC DATA;

GULF OF MEXICO;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING;

DIP LINKAGE; FAULT GROWTH; HIGH RESOLUTION FAULT DISPLACEMENT MAPPING; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTION;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0029668322     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)80048-4     Document Type: Article

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