Sedimentation and shale tectonics of the northwestern Niger Delta front

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-328

  Cohen, Harvey A ^a   McClay, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diapirism; Niger Delta; Shale tectonics; Slope sedimentation

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

GROWTH FAULTS; NIGER DELTA; SHALE TECTONICS; SLOPE SEDIMENTATION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DELTA; DIAPIRISM; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SHALE; SHALE TECTONICS; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC, NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA, NIGER DELTA;

EID: 0029667063     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(95)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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