Development of intraformational (Oligocene-Miocene) faults in the northern North Sea: Influence of remote stresses and doming of Fennoscandia

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1457-1475

  Clausen, J A ^a   Gabrielsen, R H ^a   Reksnes, P A ^b   Nysaether E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRAFORMATIONAL FAULTS; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TECTONICS;

ROCKS;

FAULTING; FLUID PRESSURE; GRAVITY FLOW; STRESS FIELD;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033208206     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00083-8     Document Type: Article

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