Seismic stratigraphy of a large, Cretaceous shelf-margin delta complex, offshore southern Australia

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 935-963

  Krassay, Andrew A ^a   Totterdell, Jennifer M ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEISMIC IMAGES;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PROGRADATION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT; HAMMERHEAD DELTA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0042630995     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01240300015     Document Type: Article

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