Depositional elements associated with a basin floor channel-levee system: Case study from the Gulf of Mexico

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 6-8, 2003, Pages 677-690

  Posamentier, Henry W ^a  

^a Anadarko Canada Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep water deposits; Seismic data; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITY;

MASS TRANSPORT;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LEVEE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0347906011     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.01.002     Document Type: Article

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