Carbonate seismic stratigraphy of the Gulf of Papua mixed depositional system: Neogene stratigraphic signature and eustatic control

Basin Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-209

  Tcherepanov, Evgueni N ^a,d   Droxler, André W ^a   Lapointe, Philippe ^b   Mohn, Kenneth ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; EUSTACY; HIATUS; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PROGRADATION; REGRESSION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

CORAL SEA; GULF OF PAPUA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 44649149532     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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