The use of high-resolution seismic reflection profiles for fault analysis in the near-shore environment, Weymouth Bay, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 15409-15422

  Hunsdale, Robert ^a,b   Bull, Jon M ^b,c   Dix, Justin K ^b,c   Sanderson, David J ^b,c  

^a Phillips Petroleum Company ^*  (Norway)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; POWER LAW; SEISMIC METHOD;

DORSET; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032503920     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03675     Document Type: Article

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