The role of deformation processes on the geometry of mud-dominated turbiditic systems, Oligocene and Lower-Middle Miocene of the Lower Congo basin (West African Margin)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-348

  Broucke, O ^a   Temple, F ^b   Rouby, D ^a   Robin, C ^a   Calassou, S ^c   Nalpas, T ^a   Guillocheau, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CSTJF   (France)

^c Total E and P USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Angola; Channel complexes; Gravity driven deformation; Growth structures; Lower Congo basin; Turbiditic system

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EROSION; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY;

SEA FLOOR DEFORMATIONS; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SEDIMANTARY TOPOGRAPHY; TURBIDITIC SYSTEM;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEFORMATION; GRAVITY FLOW; MORPHODYNAMICS; OLIGOCENE; SEAFLOOR; TURBIDITE;

AFRICA; CONGO BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2342522107     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.11.013     Document Type: Article

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