Late Yeadonian (Upper Sandstone Group) incised valley supply and depositional systems in the South Wales peripheral foreland basin: Implications for the evolution of the Culm Basin and for the Silesian hydrocarbon plays of onshore and offshore UK

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 671-705

  Goerge, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incised valley fills; Sequence stratigraphy; South Wales basin; Yeadonian

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHIC MODELS;

CATCHMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

FORELAND BASIN; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; INCISED VALLEY; NAMURIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILESIAN; VALLEY FILL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035356936     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(01)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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