Mechanical stratigraphy and faulting in Cretaceous carbonates

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1459-1470

  Morris, Alan P ^a   Ferrill, David A ^a   McGinnis, Ronald N ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLUSTERING OF FAULTS; CRETACEOUS CARBONATE; CUMULATIVE FREQUENCIES; DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTION; DISPLACEMENT VALUE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY; NUCLEATION SITES;

MECHANISMS;

CARBONATE ROCK; CRETACEOUS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULTING; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 73449094541     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04080909011     Document Type: Article

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