Development of a major polygonal fault system in Upper Cretaceous chalk and Cenozoic mudrocks of the Sable Subbasin, Canadian Atlantic margin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1205-1219

  Hansen, Dorthe Møller ^a,c   Shimeld, John W ^b   Williamson, Mark A ^b   Lykke Andersen, Holger ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault intersections; Fractured chalk; Polygonal faults

Indexed keywords

FAULT SYSTEMS; MUDROCKS; POLYGONAL FAULTS;

DEFORMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; ROCKS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; CHALK; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; FAULT GEOMETRY; MUDSTONE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 5744227429     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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