Quantifying the origin and geometry of circular sag structures in northern Fort Worth Basin, Texas: Paleocave collapse, pull-apart fault systems, or hydrothermal alteration?

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1295-1318

  McDonnell, Angela ^a   Loucks, Robert G ^a   Dooley, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; STRIKE-SLIP PROCESSES; SUBSURFACE COLLAPSE MECHANISMS;

TECTONICS;

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; FAULTING; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; PULL APART BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

FORT WORTH; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148871296     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/05170706086     Document Type: Review

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