Facies architecture, seismic stratigraphy and development of a high-latitude basin: The Powell Basin (Antarctica)

Marine Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 69-87

  Viseras, César ^a   Maldonado, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Continental margins; Growth patterns; Powell Basin; Seismic facies; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FACIES ANALYSIS; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033035545     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00136-4     Document Type: Article

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