Structure and content of the Moab Fault Zone, Utah, USA, and its implications for fault seal prediction

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 147, Issue , 1998, Pages 87-103

  Foxford, K A ^a   Walsh, J J ^a   Watterson, J ^a   Garden, I R ^b,d   Guscott, S C ^c,e   Burley, S D ^c,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d BG Technology   (United Kingdom)

^e Scott House   (United Kingdom)

^f KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

FAULT; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

UNITED STATES;

MARTES PENNANTI; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0032295633     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.147.01.06     Document Type: Article

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