Sequence stratigraphy and depositional history of the eastern Mississippi Fan (Pleistocene), northeastern deep Gulf of Mexico

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1207-1232

  Dixon, Barrett T ^a,b,c   Weimer, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL LEVEE SYSTEMS; EASTERN MISSISSIPPI FAN; NORTHEASTERN DEEP GULF OF MEXICO;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY; PLEISTOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE FAN;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0032100413     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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