Present-day stresses in Brunei, NW Borneo: Superposition of deltaic and active margin tectonics

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 236-247

  King, R C ^a   Hillis, R R ^a   Tingay, M R P ^a,b   Damit, A R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Brunei National Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DELTA; NORMAL FAULT; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TERTIARY;

BARAM BASIN; BORNEO; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 77950183810     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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