Fault seal prediction: the gouge ratio method

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 127, Issue , 1998, Pages 19-25

  Freeman, B ^a   Yielding, G ^a   Needham, D T ^a   Badley, M E ^a  

^a Badley Earth Sciences Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT GOUGE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEALING;

EID: 0032451778     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.127.01.03     Document Type: Article

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