Three-dimensional structural architecture and evolutionof the Eocene pull-apart basin, central Maracaibo basin, Venezuela

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-161

  Escalona, Alejandro ^a   Mann, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean plate; Eocene pull apart basin; Icotea fault; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MAPPING; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEISMIC MAPPING;

SEISMOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; EOCENE; FAULT; PULL APART BASIN; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MARACAIBO BASIN; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0041827212     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(03)00062-X     Document Type: Article

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