Calcareous upper pleistocene lowstand deposits indicate shelf/slope tectonic instability

Energy Exploration and Exploitation

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 301-309

  Lowrie, Alien ^a   Meeks, Patricia ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

CALCAREOUS SEDIMENTS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

EID: 0033285406     PISSN: 01445987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014459879901700307     Document Type: Article

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