Geomechanical modelling of fault reactivation in the ceduna sub-basin, bight basin, australia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-89

  Macdonald, J ^a   Backe G ^a   King, R ^a   Holford, S ^a   Hillis, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; FAULT PLANE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MODELING; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; BIGHT BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84871893773     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP367.6     Document Type: Article

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