The growth history of toe thrusts of the Niger Delta and the role of pore pressure

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 94, 2011, Pages 357-390

  Krueger, Scot W ^a   Grant, Neil T ^b  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b Royfold House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULT ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MIOCENE; MODELING; PORE PRESSURE; SLIP; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 84865585368     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/13251345M943435     Document Type: Review

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