Evidence for non-Andersonian faulting above evaporites in the Nile Delta

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-170

  Tingay, Mark ^a   Bentham, Peter ^b   De Feyter, Arnoud ^c,d   Kellner, Axel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b not available   (Egypt)

^c International Egypt Oil Company   (Egypt)

^d OMV Yemen   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; EVAPORITE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; NORMAL FAULT; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EGYPT; NILE DELTA;

ANDERSONIA;

EID: 84873022437     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP367.11     Document Type: Article

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