Fault seal: Contrasts between the exploration and production problem

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 73, Issue , 2000, Pages 121-132

  Wehr, F L ^a   Fairchild, L H ^a   Hudec, M R ^a   Shafto, R K ^a   Shea, W T ^a   White, J P ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

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