Investigation of links between Precambrian basement structure and Paleozoic strata in the Fort Worth basin, Texas, U.S.A., using high-resolution aeromagnetic (HRAM) data and seismic attributes

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Elebiju, Olubunmi O ^a   Keller, G Randy ^a   Marfurt, Kurt J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BUILDINGS; FAULTING; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

BASEMENT STRUCTURES; COLLAPSE FEATURES; FAULTS , FRACTURES; PALEOZOIC STRATA; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES;

MAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; BASEMENT ROCK; FAULT; FAULTING; FOLD; LINEAMENT; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; SEISMIC DATA; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FORT WORTH BASIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864270457     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3435939     Document Type: Article

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