The role of attenuation in the formation of the Railroad Valley structural basin, east-central Nevada: Detachment control of petroleum reservoirs

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1153-1182

  Francis, R D ^a   Walker, C T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WHITE PINE DETACHMENT (WPD);

ATTENUATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); GRANITE; MAPPING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FAULT; HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; SEALING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; THERMAL MATURITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035391480     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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