Kilometer-scale fluidization structures formed during early burial of a deep-water slope channel on the Niger Delta

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 949-952

  Davies, Richard J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density inversion; Fluidization; Injectite; Niger Delta; Overpressure; Slope channel

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZATION STRUCTURES;

FLUIDIZATION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

GEOLOGY;

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FLUIDIZATION; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 0346216996     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19835.1     Document Type: Article

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