Three-dimensional geometry and displacement configuration of a fault array froma raft system, Lower Congo Basin, Offshore Angola: Implications for the Neogene turbidite play

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-142

  Dutton, David M ^a   Lister, Dustin ^a,c   Trudgill, Bruce D ^a,d   Pedro, Kapela ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SONANGOL   (Angola)

^c WESTERNGECO   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 64049118157     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2004.029.01.13     Document Type: Article

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