Three-dimensional geologic modeling of the Santa Rosa Plain, California

Geosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-274

  Sweetkind, Donald S ^a   Taylor, Emily M ^a   McCabe, Craig A ^b   Langenheim, Victoria E ^c   McLaughlin, Robert J ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ESRI   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; DRILLING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GRAVITY SURVEY; ISOPACH MAP; LITHOLOGY; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA ROSA PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955014121     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00513.1     Document Type: Article

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