High-frequency depositional sequences and stratal stacking patterns in lower pliocene coastal deltas, mid-Norwegian continental shelf

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1867-1895

  Henriksen, Sverre ^a,b,c   Weimer, Paul ^b,d  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d Ener and Minerals Appl Res Center

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY;

EUSTATIC CYCLES; HIGH FREQUENCY DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; LOWER PLIOCENE COASTAL DELTAS; MATURATION; MID NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF; MIGRATION; STRATAL STACKING PATTERNS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NORWEGIAN SEA, NORWEGIAN SHELF;

EID: 0030430699     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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