Morphological development of basin-scale silica diagenetic fronts revealed with 2D seismic reflection data: Offshore Sakhalin, Russian far east

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1193-1206

  Meadows, David ^a   Davies, Richard J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); DIAGENESIS; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; OPAL; QUARTZ; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SILICA;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; SAKHALIN ISLAND;

EID: 35848968844     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-163     Document Type: Article

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