Facies and sequential organisation of a mudstone-dominated slope and basin floor succession: The Gull Island Formation, Shannon Basin, Western Ireland

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 6-8, 2003, Pages 789-807

  Martinsen, Ole J ^a   Lien, Trond ^a   Walker, Roger G ^b   Collinson, John D ^c  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Roger Walker Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Basin floor; Facies; Shannon Basin; Turbidite systems

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LITHOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBSIDENCE;

PROGRADATION;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

CARBONIFEROUS; DEEP WATER; FACIES ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

IRELAND; SHANNON BASIN;

EID: 0347275775     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2002.10.001     Document Type: Article

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