New insights into deformation mechanisms in the gravitationally driven Niger Delta deep-water fold and thrust belt

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1401-1424

  Maloney, Dominic ^a   Davies, Richard ^a   Imber, Jonathan ^a   Higgins, Simon ^b   King, Stephen ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c BG Brazil E and P   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; ACCOMMODATION STRUCTURES; BASAL DETACHMENT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; THRUST FAULTING;

SHALE;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DATA SET; DEEP WATER; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; FOLDING; GRAVITY FIELD; LIQUEFACTION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHALE; SHEAR STRENGTH; TECTONICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THRUST FAULT;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 77957799244     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01051009080     Document Type: Article

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