Postrift sequence stratigraphy, paleogeography, and fill history of the deep-water Santos Basin, offshore southeast Brazil

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 923-945

  Modica, Christopher J ^a   Brush, Eugene R ^b  

^a Pioneer Natural Resources   (United States)

^b CGG   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

MOUNTAIN RANGES; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; ROCK MATURITY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN FILL; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SANTOS BASIN;

EID: 4644220222     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01220403043     Document Type: Article

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