Along-axis segmentation and growth history of the Rome trough in the central Appalachian basin

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-99

  Gao, Dengliang ^a   Shumaker, Robert C ^b   Wilson, Thomas H ^b  

^a MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POSTRIFT SEQUENCES; RIFT SEQUENCES;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; GRAVITATION; HYDROCARBONS; MAGNETIC PROSPECTING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CAMBRIAN; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; HYDROCARBON TRAP; RIFT ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TROUGH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034078565     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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