Fracture distribution in faulted basement blocks: Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 127, Issue , 1998, Pages 167-190

  Younes, Amgad I ^a,c   Engelder, Terry ^a   Bosworth, William ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marathon Petroleum Egypt Ltd   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EGYPT; GULF OF SUEZ;

EID: 0032451020     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.127.01.13     Document Type: Article

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