Fault growth and coalescence: Insights from numerical modelling and sandbox experiments

GeoArabia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-32

  Filbrandt, Jacek B ^a   Richard, Pascal D ^b   Franssen, Raymond ^c  

^a Shell Petroleum Development Company   (Nigeria)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; JEBEL AKHDAR; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33846971960     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia120117     Document Type: Article

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