Determination of fault slip components using subsurface structural contours: Methods and examples

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-298

  Xu, S S ^a   Velasquillo Martinez, L G ^a   Grajales Nishimura, J M ^a   Murillo Muneton G ^a   Garcia Hernandez J ^b   Nieto Samaniego, A F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b Activo Cantarell (PEP RMNE)   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; OIL FIELDS; SEISMOLOGY;

CONTOUR MAPS; FAULT SLIP COMPONENTS; SYMMETRIC FOLDS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT SLIP; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543100316     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2004.tb00059.x     Document Type: Article

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