Tectonic forcing of shelf-ramp depositional architecture, Laguna Madre-Tuxpan Shelf, western Gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Wawrzyniec, Tim F ^a   Ambrose, W ^b   Aranda Garcia, M ^c   Romano, U H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Activo Regional de Exploracion RN   (Mexico)

^d Equipo Multipdisciplinario Desarroll   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; KINEMATICS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS; DIGITAL STORAGE;

SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SHELF-SLOPE TRANSITION; TECTONIC FORCING;

SEISMOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FAULTING; LOADING; SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF COAST [MEXICO]; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

GROWTH STRATA; LINEAR GRADIENTS; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT LOADING; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; TECTONIC FORCING; WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 4544224861     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020018     Document Type: Article

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