Neogene tectonic, stratigraphic, and play framework of the southern Laguna Madre-Tuxpan continental shelf, Gulf of Mexico

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 725-751

  Ambrose, William A ^a   Wawrzyniec, Tim F ^b   Fouad, Khaled ^a   Sakurai, Shinichi ^a   Jennette, David C ^a   Brown Jr , L Frank ^a   Guevara, Edgar H ^a   Dunlap, Dallas B ^a   Talukdar, Suhas C ^c   Aranda Garcia, Mario ^d   Hernández Romano, Ulises ^d   Alvarado Vega, Juan ^e   Macías Zamora, Eduardo ^e   Ruiz Ruiz, Hector ^d   Cárdenas Hernández, Ramón ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Edificio Exploración Int Campo Pemex ^*  (United States)

^d PEMEX   (Mexico)

^e Petroleos Mexicanos Exploración y Producción   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; EROSION; GRAVITATION; SANDSTONE; SILT; VOLCANOES;

GRAVITY SLIDING; LEVEE SANDSTONES; LISTRIC FAULTS; NEOGENE TECTONIC;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NEOGENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

PHOCIDAE; TITHONIA;

EID: 20644458137     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01140504081     Document Type: Article

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