Toward a quantitative definition of mechanical units: New techniques and results from an outcropping deep-water turbidite succession (Tanqua-Karoo Basin, South Africa)

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1085-1098

  Bertotti, Giovanni ^a   Hardebol, N ^a,b   Taal van Kroppen, José K ^c,d   Luthi, Stefan M ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Total Exploration and Production   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STRATIGRAPHY;

FRACTURE FIELDS; FRACTURE PATTERNS; FRACTURE STRATIGRAPHY; OUTCROPPING;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GIS; OUTCROP; STRATIGRAPHY; SUCCESSION; TURBIDITE;

AFRICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

TANQUA;

EID: 34548076646     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/03060706074     Document Type: Article

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