Insight on mechanical stratigraphy and subsurface interpretation

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 111-120

  McGinnis, Ronald N ^a   Ferrill, David A ^a   Morris, Alan P ^a   Smart, Kevin J ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 85006371935     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1306/13561989M1113673     Document Type: Chapter

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