Evolution of deep-water Tertiary sinuous channels offshore Angola (west Africa) and implications for reservoir architecture

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1373-1405

  Kolla, V ^a   Bourges, Ph ^a   Urruty, J M ^a   Safa, P ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINUOUS CHANNELS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; LITHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEEP WATER; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; TERTIARY;

ANGOLA; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035415829     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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