Major structural elements of the Miocene section, Burgos Basin, northeastern Mexico

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1479-1499

  Hernández Mendoza, J Javier ^a   DeAngelo, Michael V ^b   Wawrzyniec, Tim F ^c   Hentz, Tucker F ^b  

^a PEMEX   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMOLOGY;

EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; ME-XICO; OLIGOCENE; SEISMIC DATAS; STRUCTURAL DOMAINS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL STYLES;

SHALE;

BASIN ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DIAPIR; FOLD; MIOCENE; SEISMIC DATA; TRANSITION ZONE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 58149312820     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07020808020     Document Type: Article

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