Sea level influence on the nature and timing of a minibasin sedimentary fill (northwestern slope of the Gulf of Mexico)

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1089-1119

  Mallarino, Gianni ^a,b   Beaubouef, Rick T ^c   Droxler, André W ^a   Abreu, Vitor ^c   Labeyrie, Laurent ^d  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PanTerra Geoconsultants BV   (Netherlands)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SAND; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN SEDIMENTARY FILL; GRAVITY-FLOW-INDUCED SEDIMENTATION; HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTATION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE (MIS); MEXICO; TURBIDITE SANDY DEPOSITS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BASIN FILL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 33746469851     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02210605058     Document Type: Article

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