Deposition and stratigraphic architecture of an outcropping ancient slope system: Tres Pasos Formation, Magallanes Basin, southern Chile

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 244, Issue , 2005, Pages 27-50

  Shultz, M R ^a,b   Fildani, A ^a,b   Cope, T D ^a,c   Graham, S A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE SLOPE; TURBIDITE;

CHILE; MAGALLANES; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ESPERANZA;

EID: 23844532320     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.244.01.03     Document Type: Article

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