Analog modeling of normal faulting above Middle East domes during regional extension

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 877-898

  Sims, Darrell W ^a   Morris, Alan P ^a   Wyrick, Danielle Y ^a   Ferrill, David A ^a   Waiting, Deborah J ^a   Franklin, Nathan M ^a   Colton, Shannon L ^a   Umezawa, Yoshihiko Tamura ^b   Takanashi, Mamoru ^c   Beverly, Emily J ^a,d  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INPEX CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FRACTURE; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

ELLIPTICAL DOMES; FRACTURE PATTERN; HYDROCARBON FIELDS; REFLECTION SEISMIC; RELATIVE TIMING; RESOLUTION LIMITS; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

DOMES;

DOME; FAULTING; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBLIQUE FAULT; RESERVOIR; RESOLUTION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPLIFT;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84879546669     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02101209136     Document Type: Article

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