Sedimentology, statistics, and flow behavior for a tide-influenced deltaic sandstone, Frontier Formation, Wyoming, United States

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 80, 2005, Pages 129-152

  White, Christopher D ^a   Willis, Brian J ^b   Dutton, Shirley P ^c   Bhattacharya, Janok P ^d   Narayanan, Keshav ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e Landmark Graphics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33645506729     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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