Structural styles in the deep-water fold and thrust belts of the Niger Delta

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 753-780

  Corredor, Freddy ^a   Shaw, John H ^a   Bilotti, Frank ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; HYDROCARBONS; KINEMATICS; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE;

FOLDINGS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; THRUST BELTS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 20644465632     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02170504074     Document Type: Article

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