Evolution of deep-water synkinematic sedimentation in a piggyback basin, determined from three-dimensional seismic reflection data

Geosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 939-962

  Morley, C K ^a,b   Leong, Lai Chee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b Landmark Graphics ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITION; KINEMATICS; PIGGYBACK BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 57249112577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00148.1     Document Type: Article

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