Integrating 3D seismic data with structural restorations to elucidate the evolution of a stepped counter-regional salt system, Eastern Louisiana Shelf, Northern Gulf of Mexico

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 165-176

  Trudgill, Bruce D ^a,c   Rowan, Mark G ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Rowan Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 80053026654     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2004.029.01.16     Document Type: Article

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