Salt tectonics above complex basement extensional fault systems: Results from analogue modelling

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 1631-1648

  Dooley, T ^a,b   Mcclay, K R ^a   Hempton, M ^c   Smit, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Shell UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Central north sea; Cover deformation; Diapir; Flap structures; Inversion; Reactivated basement faults

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052543838     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0061631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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