Building and unfaulting fault-horizon networks

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 212, Issue , 2003, Pages 39-57

  Rutten, K W ^a   Verschuren, M A J ^a  

^a Shell E and P Technology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SLIP; FAULTING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING;

HIRUNDINIDAE;

EID: 0141514521     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.212.01.04     Document Type: Article

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