Three-dimensional seismic interpretation from the triangle zone of the frontal Ouachita mountains and Arkoma basin, Pittsburg county, Oklahoma

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1185-1202

  Valderrama, M H ^a   Nielsen, K C ^a   McMechan, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARKOMA BASIN; BLIND THRUSTING; FRONTAL MOUNTAINS; KIOWA SYNCLINE; NORMAL FAULTS; OUACHITA OCOGENY; TRIANGLE ZONE; WAVELENGTH FOLDS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

FAULTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUSTING; TRIANGLE ZONE; UPLIFT;

USA, OKLAHOMA, PITTSBURG COUNTY;

EID: 0030210027     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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