Early Cretaceous sediment failure in the southwestern Sable Subbasin, offshore Nova Scotia

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 991-1006

  Piper, David J W ^a   Pe Piper, Georgia ^b   Ingram, Stephen C ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; LIQUEFACTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY; STORMS;

MUDSTONES; SEDIMENT FAILURES; SHEAR ZONES; SYNSEDIMENTARY DEFORMATION;

SEDIMENTS;

CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SABLE BASIN;

EID: 4644306088     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01290403120     Document Type: Article

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