Digital characterization of thrombolite-stromatolite reef distribution in a carbonate ramp system (terminal proterozoic, Nama Group, Namibia)

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1293-1318

  Adams, Erwin W ^a,b   Grotzinger, John P ^a   Watters, Wesley A ^a   Schröder, Stefan ^a,c   McCormick, David S ^d   Al Siyabi, Hisham A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^d SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATE RAMP SYSTEM; DIGITAL SURVEYING; RESERVOIR SIMULATION MODELING; THROMBOLITE-STROMATOLITE REEF;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE RAMP; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STROMATOLITE; THROMBOLITE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 27344444995     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06160505005     Document Type: Article

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