Deformation mechanisms in porous sandstones: Implications for development of fault seal and migration paths in the Recôncavo Basin, Brazil

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 73, Issue , 2000, Pages 195-212

  Magnavita, Luciano F ^a  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

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