The evolution of allochthonous salt along a megaregional profile across the northern Gulf of Mexico Basin

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 5 B, 1998, Pages 1037-1054

  McBride, Barry C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HS Resources Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONOUS SALT; SALT EXTRUSION;

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

AUTOCHTHONOUS SALT; SALT TECTONICS; SEISMIC PROFILE; STRUCTURAL RESTORATION;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0032075950     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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