Siliciclastic Slope and Base-of-Slope Depositional Systems: Component Facies, Stratigraphic Architecture, and Classification

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 569-595

  Galloway, W E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDROCARBONS; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

SILICICLASTIC SLOPE SYSTEMS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SLOPE PROCESSES;

EID: 0032052860     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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