Seismic stratigraphic analysis of the Barnett Shale and Ellenburger unconformity southwest of the core area of the Newark East Field, Fort Worth Basin, Texas

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 403-418

  Baruch, Elizabeth T ^a,b   Slatt, Roger M ^a   Marfurt, Kurt J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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EID: 84888780434     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1306/13321483M97441     Document Type: Chapter

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