Deep penetrating MCS imaging of the rift-to-drift transition, offshore Douala and North Gabon basins, West Africa

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 791-835

  Meyers, Jayson B ^a,d   Rosendahl, Bruce R ^a   Groschel Becker, Henrike ^a   Austin Jr , James A ^b   Rona, Peter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Astro Mining   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental oceanic crust transition; Deep penetrating multi channel seismic reflection; Douala and Gabon basins; West African Aptian salt; West African rifted margin architecture

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC REFLECTION; OCEANIC CRUST; RIFTED CONTINENTAL CRUST; TRANSFER FAULT ZONES; WEST AFRICAN PROBE STUDY (WAPS);

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CONTINENT/OCEAN TRANSITION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SALT TECTONICS; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC, DOUALA BASIN; ATLANTIC, NORTH GABON BASIN;

EID: 0030292040     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(96)00030-X     Document Type: Article

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