Sedimentological, petrophysical, and seismic characterization of an Upper Jurassic shoreface-dominated shelf margin (the Boulonnais, northern France)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 175-199

  Braaksma, Hendrik ^a   Proust, J N ^b   Kenter, J A M ^c   Drijkoningen, G G ^d   Filippidou, N ^d  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; DEPOSITS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PROCESS CONTROL; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CARBONATE CEMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; POTENTIAL RESERVOIR; QUANTITATIVE DATA; STRATIGRAPHIC SURFACES; VERTICAL SPACING;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN FILL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; JURASSIC; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644823709     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.11     Document Type: Article

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