Architectural characterization and three-dimensional modeling of a carbonate channel-levee complex: Permian San Andres Formation, Last Chance Canyon, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 939-964

  Phelps, Ryan M ^a   Kerans, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; CARBONATION; DEPOSITION; EMBANKMENTS; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT; CARBONATE STRATIGRAPHIES; CHANNEL-LEVEE COMPLEX; HIGH-FREQUENCY CYCLES; SEQUENCE-STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOLOGIC MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE;

LEVEES;

AGGRADATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; LEVEE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSGRESSION;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 37049013732     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.085     Document Type: Article

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