Quantitative bathymetric analyses of selected deepwater siliciclastic margins: Receiving basin configurations for deepwater fan systems

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 6-8, 2003, Pages 547-561

  Steffens, Gary S ^a   Biegert, Ed K ^a   Scott Sumner, H ^a   Bird, Dale ^b  

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

^b Bird Geophysical   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Angola; Bathymetry; Brunei; Deepwater; Drainage analysis; Gradient; Gulf of Mexico; Healed slope; Mobile salt; Mobile shale; Nigeria; Northwest Borneo; Ponded; Sabah; Seafloor morphology; Trend surface analysis

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CATCHMENTS; DRAINAGE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

SHALE BASED SYSTEMS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP WATER; LITHOLOGY; SALT; SEDIMENTATION; SHALE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE FAN;

EID: 0348134666     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.03.007     Document Type: Article

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