Seismic features diagnostic of contourite drifts

Marine Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-38

  Faugères, Jean Claude ^a   Stow, Dorrik A V ^b   Imbert, Patrice ^c   Viana, Adriano ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Contourite drift; Reservoir; Seismic pattern; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTOURITE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EID: 0242715367     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00068-7     Document Type: Article

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