Evolution and stratigraphic architecture of marine slope gully complexes: Monterey Formation (Miocene), Gaviota Beach, California

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-288

  Surpless, Kathleen D ^a   Ward, Richard B ^b   Graham, Stephan A ^c  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facies architecture; Gaviota; Monterey formation; Slope deposit; Submarine gully

Indexed keywords

BED FORMS; CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL AXIS; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; DEEPER WATERS; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS; EROSION AND SEDIMENTATIONS; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; GAVIOTA; HIGH DENSITIES; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; MIOCENE; MONTEREY FORMATION; PIVOTAL ROLES; SEA CLIFFS; SEDIMENT SIZES; SEDIMENTATION UNITS; SLOPE DEPOSIT; SLOPE FAILURES; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURES; SUBMARINE SLOPES; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

BEACHES; FLUID DYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBIDITY;

SUBMARINES;

CLIFF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GULLY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; OUTCROP; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; GAVIOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149265011     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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