Experimental designs to model along- strike fault interaction

Journal of the Virtual Explorer

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Le Calvez, J H ^a,b,c   Vendeville, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Along strike interaction; Experimental design; Linked grabens

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544295032     PISSN: 14418126     EISSN: 14418142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3809/jvirtex.2002.00043     Document Type: Article

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