Three-dimensional seismic stratigraphic expression of Pliocene-Pleistocene turbidite systems, northern Green Canyon (offshore Louisiana), northern Gulf of Mexico

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 5 B, 1998, Pages 986-1012

  Varnai, Peter ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISKOLC   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLEISTOCENE TURBIDITE SYSTEMS; PLIOCENE TURBIDITE SYSTEMS; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

LITHOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; OIL WELL LOGGING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEISMIC DATA; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0032076802     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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