Tectonic significance of syn-rift sediment packages across the Gabon - Cabinda continental margin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 973-1000

  Karner, Garry D ^a   Driscoll, Neal W ^b   McGinnis, John P ^c   Brumbaugh, William D ^d   Cameron, Nick R ^e  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Amerada Hess Corporation   (United States)

^d Mobil Angola Inc   (Angola)

^e Chalkyfold Grove Lane   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lithospheric flexure; Quantitative basin modelling; Rift techtonics; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE; RIFT TECTONICS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; STRATIGRAPHY; SYNRIFT SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031277479     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-8172(97)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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