The heterogeneity of paleocavern systems developed along syndepositional fault zones: The upper permian capitn platform, Guadalupe Mountains, U.S.A.

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 83, 2005, Pages 291-322

  Koša, Eduard ^a,b   Hunt, David ^a,c   Fitchen, William M ^d   Bockel Rebelle, Marie Odile ^e   Roberts, Gerald ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell UK Exploration and   (United Kingdom)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d Occidental Permian Services Inc   (United States)

^e TOTAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; FAULT; HETEROGENEITY; KARSTIFICATION; LIMESTONE; PERMIAN; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548548347     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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