Tectonic control on sea-floor relief and the localization of Lower Mississippian Waulsortian mounds, New Mexico

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1011-1014

  Jeffery, David L ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Vastar Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; GEOMETRY;

CARBONATE RAMPS; CARBONATE SEDIMENTATIONS; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MISSISSIPPIANS; MUD MOUNDS; NEW MEXICO; TECTONIC CONTROL;

TOPOGRAPHY;

BIOHERM; CARBONATE RAMP; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALEOLATITUDE; RELIEF; SEAFLOOR; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPLIFT; SEA FLOOR TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS; WAULSORTIAN MOUND;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0031412210     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<1011:TCOSFR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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