Quantitative evaluation of fractures on Monkshood anticline, a detachment fold in the Foothills of western Canada

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1110-1132

  Jamison, William R ^a,b,c,d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Upper Crust Inc   (Canada)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ArcoCanada   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ANTICLINES; EXTENSION FRACTURES; FRACTURE ORIENTATION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

FOLDING; FRACTURE PATTERN; PERMEABILITY;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

EID: 0031180160     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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