Relation of subsalt structures to suprasalt structures during extension

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1896-1924

  Schultz Ela, D D ^b   Jackson, M P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

DRAPE GRABENS; FAULT ARRAYS; REACTIVE GRABENS; SALT SHEETS; SIMPLE GRABENS; SUBSALT STRUCTURES; SUPRASALT STRUCTURES;

SALT DEPOSITS;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HALOKINESIS; SALT TECTONICS;

EID: 0030436258     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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