Analysis of miocene depositional systems in offshore area of strait of Hormuz cased on 3D-seismic data

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1812-1821

  Alsouki, Mohammad ^a   Riahi, Mohammad Ali ^b   Fard, Iraj Abdollahie ^c  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Channels; Mass transport complexes; Salt tectonic; Seismic; Strait of Hormuz; Turbidities

Indexed keywords

CHANNELS; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; DIFFERENT SIZES; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SEISMIC; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; STRAIT OF HORMUZ;

DEPOSITION; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBIDITY;

SALT TECTONICS;

EID: 46149088033     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.1812.1821     Document Type: Article

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