Extensional fault segmentation and linkages, Bonaparte Basin, outer North West Shelf, Australia

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 977-1010

  Frankowicz, E ^a   McClay, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY;

EARLY CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; INITIAL SEGMENTATION; NORTH WEST SHELVES; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTE ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP DEFORMATION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

FAULTING;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; NEOGENE; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRIKE (GEOLOGY); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; BONAPARTE BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN; TIMOR SEA;

EID: 77955080322     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01051009120     Document Type: Article

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