Structural controls on growth stratigraphy in contractional fault-related folds

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 82, 2005, Pages 400-412

  Shaw, John H ^a   Novoa, Enrique ^b   Connors, Christopher D ^c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^c Texaco Inc Bellaire   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT; FOLD; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; UPLIFT;

EID: 34548550262     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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