A simple method of determining sand/shale ratios from seismic analysis of growth faults: An example from upper Oligocene to lower Miocene Niger Delta deposits

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1357-1367

  Pochat, Stéphane ^a   Castelltort, Sébastien ^a,b   Van Den Driessche, Jean ^a   Besnard, Katia ^a   Gumiaux, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; KINEMATICS; LITHOLOGY; SAND;

LITHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SEISMIC ANALYSIS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SAND; SHALE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 12144255815     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04290403117     Document Type: Article

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