Conspicuous seismic reflections in Upper Cretaceous sediments as evidence for black shales off South Africa

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 989-999

  Schlüter, Philip ^a   Uenzelmann Neben, Gabriele ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black shales; Deep sea basin; Oceanic Anoxic Event; Seismic stratigraphy; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; DEEP-SEA BASIN; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GAS HYDRATES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

REFLECTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BLACK SHALE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GONDWANA; LITHOLOGY; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSKEI;

EID: 56349158829     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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