Seismic stratigraphy and subsidence analysis in the Barrow-Dampier Subbasin, Northwest Australia

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1721-1749

  Westphal, Hildegard ^a,b,c   Aigner, Thomas ^{a,d,e,f,g,h,i}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g E and P   (Netherlands)

^h Shell Laboratory   (Germany)

ⁱ Shell International EP Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

BASIN FILL HISTORY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

INDIAN OCEAN, BARROW-DAMPIER SUBBASIN;

EID: 0031251857     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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