Deep-sea fan pinch-out geometries and their relationship to fan architecture, Tanqua Karoo basin (South Africa)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 728-742

  van der Werff, Wytze ^a   Johnson, Stephen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fan pinch out; Internal stacking patterns; Karoo Basin; Pinch out finger; Turbidite system

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; PERMIAN; TURBIDITE;

AFRICA; KAROO BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2542478910     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-003-0352-9     Document Type: Article

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