Architecture and evolution of upper fan channel-belts on the Niger Delta slope and in the Arabian Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 6-8, 2003, Pages 649-676

  Deptuck, Mark E ^a   Steffens, Gary S ^b   Barton, Mark ^b   Pirmez, Carlos ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Channel belt; Channel levee systems; Inner levee; Planform evolution; Sinuous channel; Upper fan

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EROSION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CHANNEL MIGRATION;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LEVEE; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUBMARINE FAN;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0347906010     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.01.004     Document Type: Article

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