Seismic stratigraphy and geologic history of Jurassic rocks, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 100-120

  Dobson, Laura M ^a,c,d,e   Buffler, Richard T ^b,d,f,g,h,i  

^a Univ of Texas Inst for Geophys ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^h Center for Alaska Native Health   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Geological Sciences   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLINOFORMS; JURASSIC ROCKS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

JURASSIC; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0030740019     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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