Fracture and fault patterns associated with basement-cored anticlines: The example of Teapot Dome, Wyoming

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1903-1920

  Cooper, Scott P ^a   Goodwin, Laurel B ^b   Lorenz, John C ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

ANTICLINES; FOLD HINGE; SEDIMENTARY COVER; THRUST SYSTEMS;

LANDFORMS;

ANISOTROPY; ANTICLINE; BASEMENT ROCK; DEFORMATION; DOME; FAULT; FOLDING; FRACTURE; THRUST;

NORTH AMERICA; TEAPOT DOME; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33845956236     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06020605197     Document Type: Article

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