Identifying fault segments from 3D fault drag analysis (Vienna Basin, Austria)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-195

  Spahić, Darko ^a   Grasemann, Bernhard ^a   Exner, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D seismic; Displacement gradient; Fault curvature; Fault drag; Fault growth; Hydrocarbon trap

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; DISPLACEMENT GRADIENTS; FAULT DRAGS; FAULT GROWTH; HYDROCARBON TRAPS;

DRAG; HYDROCARBONS; MORPHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FAULT DETECTION;

CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DEFLECTION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOOTWALL; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HANGING WALL; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

VIENNA BASIN;

EID: 84884407384     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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