Sedimentary architecture of a canyon-style fairway feeding a deep-water clastic system, the Miocene Cingöz Formation, southern Turkey: Significance for reservoir characterisation and modelling

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 91-119

  Satur, Nisa ^a,d   Kelling, G ^b   Cronin, B T ^a   Hurst, A ^a   Gurbuz K ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Reservoir characterisation; Submarine canyon; Submarine fan; Turbidites; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; CENOZOIC; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE FAN;

ADANA BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 12144275712     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.11.024     Document Type: Article

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