Fault interactions and reactivation within a normal-fault network at Milne Point, Alaska

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2081-2107

  Nixon, Casey W ^a   Sanderson, David J ^a,b   Dee, Stephen J ^b   Bull, Jonathan M ^a   Humphreys, Robert J ^c   Swanson, Mark H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT PROFILES; EXISTING STRUCTURE; FAULT INTERACTIONS; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; LOWER CRETACEOUS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA;

FAULT SLIPS;

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; MAPPING; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ALASKA; MILNE POINT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916935292     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04301413177     Document Type: Article

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