Submarine slope morphology as a control on the development of sand-rich turbidite depositional systems: 3D seismic analysis of the Kyrre Fm (Upper Cretaceous), Måløy Slope, offshore Norway

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 663-680

  Jackson, Christopher A L ^a   Barber, Gillian P ^a   Martinsen, Ole J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Canyons; Deep water; Late Cretaceous; Norway; Shelf edge; Slope; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; CANYONS; CHANNEL COMPLEXES; DEEP-WATER; DIFFERENTIAL COMPACTION; DOWNSLOPE; FAULT BLOCKS; FIRST ORDERS; JURASSIC; KEY CONTROL; LATE CRETACEOUS; NORWAY; SHELF EDGE; SLOPE; SLOPE MORPHOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SUBMARINE SLOPES; TURBIDITES; TURBIDITY CURRENTS; WELL DATA;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPACTION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FANS; LIQUEFACTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBMARINES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBIDITY;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; SHELF BREAK; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE SLOPE; TURBIDITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 52249121766     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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