Sequence stratigraphy and architecture of the Late Pleistocene Lagniappe delta complex, northeast Gulf of Mexico

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 172, Issue , 2000, Pages 291-327

  Kolla, V ^a   Biondi, P ^a   Long, B ^b   Fillon, R ^c  

^a CSTJF   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^c Texaco Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACIES; QUATERNARY; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0034038304     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.172.01.14     Document Type: Article

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