Distinguishing salt welds from shale detachments on the inner Texas shelf, western Gulf of Mexico

Basin Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-59

  McDonnell, Angela ^a   Hudec, Michael R ^a   Jackson, Martin P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULT; PALEOGENE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 58849160478     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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