3-D Structural Geology
Exercise 7.8.8
Growth Faults
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Determine the expansion indices across both faults in Fig. 7.42. Discuss the growth of the faults and
the relationship of growth to the hydrocarbon occurrence.
Fig. 7.42. Cross section of the Talco field, northern Gulf of Mexico, Texas. Oil field shaded; OWC: oil-water contact. (After
Galloway et al. 1983)
R. H. Groshong, 3-D Structural Geology, 2nd ed., © Springer-Verlag 2006