Seismic stratigraphy and depositional signatures of the Maldive carbonate system (Indian Ocean)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 503-536

  Aubert, Olivier ^a,b   Droxler, André W ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shell Mex House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonate system; Cenozoic; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CHARACTERIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ANTECEDENT KARST THEORY; DEPOSITIONAL SIGNATURES; INDIAN OCEAN; KARSTIFICATION; MALDIVE CARBONATE SYSTEM; PHYSIOGRAPHY; PROGRADATION; SEA BASIN; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CAINOZOIC; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; CARBONATE SYSTEM; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; REGRESSION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN, MALDIVES;

EID: 0030221208     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(96)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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