High-resolution sequence stratigraphy of a clastic foredeep succession (Paleocene, Spitsbergen): An example of peripheral-bulge-controlled depositional architecture

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 745-755

  Bruhn, Rikke ^a   Steel, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; FORELAND BASIN; HIGH RESOLUTION SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; LATE CRETACEOUS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEDIMENT LOADING; STACKING PATTERNS; TIME CONSTRAINTS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN FILL; FORELAND BASIN; PALEOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 2042459151     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/012303730745     Document Type: Article

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