Neogene gravity tectonics and depositional processes on the deep Niger Delta continental margin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1994, Pages

  Damuth, John E ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

depositional processes; gravity tectonics; Niger Delta

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES; MASS GRAVITY TRANSPORT; NEOGENE; TECTONICS; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

GULF OF GUINEA, NIGER DELTA;

EID: 0028581285     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(94)90053-1     Document Type: Article

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