Polycyclic motion history of some Gulf Coast growth faults from high-resolution displacement analysis

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 819-822

  Cartwright, Joe ^a   Bouroullec, Renaud ^a   James, David ^a   Johnson, Howard ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMOLOGY;

DETACHMENT SURFACES; DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS; GENERAL CORRELATIONS; GRAPHICAL TECHNIQUE; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC DATA; KINEMATIC BEHAVIORS; KINEMATIC EVOLUTION; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULTING; GROWTH FAULT; KINEMATICS; LOADING;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84879884470     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0819:PMHOSG>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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