Association between detachment faulting and salt diapirs in the Devonian-Carboniferous Maritimes Basin, Atlantic Canada

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-209

  Lynch, Gregory ^a,b   Keller, Joao V A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULTING; EVAPORITE BASIN; SALT DIAPIR;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, MARITIMES BASIN;

EID: 0031693095     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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