Stress deflections around salt diapirs in the gulf of mexico

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-153

  King, Rosalind ^a   Backé, Guillaume ^a   Tingay, Mark ^a   Hillis, Richard ^a   Mildren, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b JRS Petroleum Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DIAPIR; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; SALT; SEISMIC DATA; STRESS FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84873046772     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP367.10     Document Type: Article

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