3-D restoration of complexly folded and faulted surfaces using multiple unfolding mechanisms

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 805-829

  Rouby, Delphine ^a,b   Xiao, Hongbin ^c   Suppe, John ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE UNFOLDING MECHANISM; THREE DIMENSIONAL RESTORATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT; FOLD; KINETICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0033925587     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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