Character, relative age and implications of fractures and other mesoscopic structures associated with detachment folds: An example from the Lisburne Group of the northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-138

  Hanks, C L ^a   Wallace, W K ^a   Atkinson, P K ^a   Brinton, J ^a   Bui, T ^b   Jensen, J ^b   Lorenz, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

FOLD MECHANISMS; MESOSCOPIC STRUCTURES; THRUST BELTS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALASKA; BROOKS RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644333000     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/52.2.121     Document Type: Article

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