Accommodation and sedimentary architecture of isolated icehouse carbonate platforms: Insights from forward modeling with CARB3D+

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1162-1182

  Paterson, Richard J ^a   Whitaker, Fiona F ^a   Jones, Gareth D ^b   Smart, Peter L ^a   Waltham, David ^c   Felce, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CARBONATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOODS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBSIDENCE; WAREHOUSES;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; FUNDAMENTAL CONTROL; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE; SEDIMENTARY RESPONSE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SURFACE DISSOLUTION RATES; SURFACE DISSOLUTION;

SPACE PLATFORMS;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; EUSTACY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TRANSGRESSION;

ASIA; CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 33750984517     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.113     Document Type: Article

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