Early and middle Miocene depositional history of the Maracaibo Basin, western Venezuela

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 625-655

  Guzmán, José I ^a   Fisher, William L ^b  

^a C and C Reservoirs Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ESTUARIES; LAKES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; FLUVIAL DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUVIAL-LACUSTRINE DEPRESSION; MIOCENE DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY; PALEOGRAPHY; VENEZUELA;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

DEPOSITION; MIOCENE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHALE;

FALCON; LAKE MARACAIBO; MERIDA [VENEZUELA]; SIERRA DE PERIJA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33646052002     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/10110505035     Document Type: Article

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