Structural style of the Warburton Basin and control in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, South Australia

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 333-339

  Sun, Xiaowen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cooper Eromanga; Folds; Seismic interpretation; Sequence stratigraphy; Structural style; Structural traps; Thrust faults; Warburton

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009360774     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG997333     Document Type: Article

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