Faciès architecture and sequence stratigraphy of fine-grained lacustrine deltas along the eastern margin of late pleistocene lake bonneville, Northern Utah and Southern Idaho

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 635-665

  Lemons, David R ^a,b   Chan, Marjorie A ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMNOSTASY; PHYSIOGRAPHY;

HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

FACIES ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033120728     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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