Sequence stratigraphy of Pliocene and Pleistocene turbidite systems, northern Green Canyon and Ewing Bank (offshore Louisiana), northern Gulf of Mexico

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 5 B, 1998, Pages 918-960

  Weimer, Paul ^a   Varnai, Peter ^a,b   Budhijanto, Fadjar M ^a   Acosta, Zurilma M ^c   Martinez, Rafael E ^c   Navarro, Alonso F ^d   Rowan, Mark G ^a   McBride, Barry C ^a,e   Villamil, Tomas ^a,f   Arango, Claudia ^a,g   Crews, Jennifer R ^a   Pulham, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Gerencia Planificacionde Exploracion   (Venezuela)

^d PDSVA Exploracion y Production   (Venezuela)

^e HS Resources Inc   (United States)

^f Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^g MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC GRADIENT; PLEISTOCENE TURBIDITE SYSTEMS; PLIOCENE TURBIDITE SYSTEMS;

LITHOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; OIL SANDS; OIL SHALE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; RESERVOIR ROCK; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0032076395     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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