Submarine channels controlled by salt tectonics: Examples from 3D seismic data offshore Angola

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-458

  Gee, M J R ^a   Gawthorpe, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D Seismic; Angola; Channel levees; Salt tectonics; Submarine channels; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL LEVEES; SALT TECTONICS; SUBMARINE CHANNELS; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEVEES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TURBIDITY;

OCEANOGRAPHIC SUBMARINES;

SALT TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33745224109     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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