Quantitative fault seal prediction

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 897-917

  Yielding, G ^b,c,d   Freeman, B ^d,e,f,g   Needham, D T ^{a,d,h,i,j,k,l}  

^a Badley Earth Sciences Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Britoil   (United Kingdom)

^d Badleys ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^j DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l Robertson Research International   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ACROSS-FAULT PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; FAULT SEAL; GOUGE RATIO; RESERVOIR JUXTAPOSITION AREAS; SMEAR FACTOR;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

FAULT SEAL; GOUGE RATIO; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; SMEAR FACTOR;

EID: 0031156323     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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