Differential compaction and basinward tilting of the prograding Capitan reef complex, Permian, west Texas and southeast New Mexico, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 21-30

  Saller, Arthur H ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASINWARD TILTING; CAPITAN REEF COMPLEX; DIFFERENTIAL COMPACTION; GEOPETAL STRUCTURE; PERMIAN;

USA, NEW MEXICO; USA, TEXAS;

EID: 0029730597     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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