Depositional processes of uniform mud deposits (unifites), Hedberg Basin, northwest Gulf of Mexico: New perspectives

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 825-840

  Tripsanas, Efthymios K ^a   Bryant, William R ^a   Phaneuf, Brett A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; PROBABILITY; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

MUD DEPOSITS; PROXIMAL LOCATIONS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FORMATION MECHANISM; MUD; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; HEDBERG BASIN;

EID: 3042648432     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01260403104     Document Type: Article

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