The Sao Tomé deep-sea turbidite system (Southern Brazil Basin): Cenozoic seismic stratigraphy and sedimentary processes

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 873-894

  Viana, Adriano ^a   Figueiredo Jr , Alberto G ^b   Faugères, Jean Claude ^c   Lima, Andréa ^d   Gonthier, Eliane ^c   Brehme, Isa ^b   Zaragosi, Sébastien ^c  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GRAVITATION; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

TURBIDITE PROCESSES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL BASIN;

EID: 0038336522     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/12100201048     Document Type: Article

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