Depositional evolution and sequence stratigraphy of the shelf and slope area off South Gabon, West Africa

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 715-724

  Rasmussen, Erik S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUSTASY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEISMIC DATA; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TERTIARY;

ATLANTIC, AFRICAN CONTINENTAL SHELF; GABON;

SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0031413813     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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