Fault seal analysis: successful methodologies, application and future directions

Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publications

Volumn 7, Issue C, 1997, Pages 15-38

  Knipe, R J ^a   Fisher, Q J ^a   Jones, G ^a   Clennell, M R ^a   Farmer, A B ^a   Harrison, A ^a   Kidd, B ^a   Mcallister, E ^a   Porter, J R ^a   White, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38749155162     PISSN: 09288937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8937(97)80004-5     Document Type: Article

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