Evaluating the development of Upper Jurassic reefs in the Smackover Formation, eastern Gulf Coast, U.S.A. through fuzzy logic computer modeling

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 498-515

  Parcell, William C ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; JURASSIC; NUMERICAL MODEL; REEF FORMATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; REEF;

UNITED STATES; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; FUZZY LOGIC; NUMERICAL METHODS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; REEFS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LATERAL DISTRIBUTIONS; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SUBSTRATE CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CONSTRAINTS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 10844287041     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/122002730498     Document Type: Article

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