Biostratigraphic techniques for analyzing benthic biofacies, stratigraphic condensation, and key surface identification, Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments, northern Green Canyon and Ewing Bank (offshore Louisiana), northern Gulf of Mexico

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 5 B, 1998, Pages 961-985

  Villamil, Tomas ^a,c   Arango, Claudia ^a,d   Weimer, Paul ^a   Waterman, Art ^b   Rowan, Mark G ^a   Varnai, Peter ^a,e   Pulham, Andrew J ^a   Crews, Jennifer R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Paleo Data Inc   (United States)

^c Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^d MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CONDENSATION;

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BENTHIC BIOFACIES; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHIC CONDENSATION;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0032075911     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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