Distribution and nature of fault architecture in a layered sandstone and shale sequence: An example from the Moab fault, Utah

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 85, 2005, Pages 153-180

  Davatzes, N C ^a,b   Aydin, A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 33645528282     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/1033722M853134     Document Type: Article

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