Middle Eocene through basal Miocene sequence bio-stratigraphy of the western Gulf Coast region

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 855-866

  Jiang, Mark M ^a  

^a MJ Sequence Biostratigraphy Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal Miocene; Bio stratigraphy; Gulf coast; Louisiana; Middle Eocene; Oligocene; Texas; Upper Eocene

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE;

USA;

EID: 0031277481     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-8172(97)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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