Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of fan-delta and river-delta deposystems, Pennsylvanian Minturn Formation, Colorado

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1169-1191

  Hoy, Richard G ^a   Ridgway, Kenneth D ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

FLEXURAL BASINS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; FAN DELTA; LITHOFACIES; PENNSYLVANIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042419929     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/03110300127     Document Type: Article

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