Internal geometry and growth history of a thrust-related anticline in a deep water fold belt

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1597-1611

  Higgins, Simon ^a   Clarke, Benjamin ^b   Davies, Richard J ^c   Cartwright, Joe ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep water; Fault linkage; Fold growth; Niger Delta; Strain distribution

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; BULK DEFORMATION; DEEP WATER; EARLY GROWTH; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; FAULT DEVELOPMENT; FAULT-RELATED FOLD; FOLD BELTS; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS; INTERNAL GEOMETRY; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; NIGER DELTA; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULTS; TRANSFER ZONES; VERGENCES;

BATHYMETRY; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ANTICLINE; DEEP WATER; DEFORMATION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLD BELT; KINEMATICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THRUST FAULT; TRANSFER ZONE;

AFRICA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70450248425     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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