Anatomy of rapid margin progradation: Three-dimensional geometries of miocene clinoforms, New Jersey margin

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-273

  Fulthorpe, Craig S ^b,c   Austin Jr , James A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CLINOFORMS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CLINOFORM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MIOCENE; SEISMIC DATA;

USA, NEW JERSEY;

EID: 0032004619     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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