Miocene chronostratigraphy, paleogeography, and play framework of the Burgos Basin, southern Gulf of Mexico

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1501-1535

  Hernández Mendoza, J Javier ^a   Hentz, Tucker F ^b   DeAngelo, Michael V ^b   Wawrzyniec, Tim F ^c   Sakurai, Shinichi ^d   Talukdar, Suhas C ^e   Holtz, Mark H ^f  

^a PEMEX   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d Occidental Mukhaizna LLC   (Oman)

^e Baseline Resolution Inc   (United States)

^f Proxaic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; MAXIMUM FLOODING SURFACES; MIOCENE SURFACES; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC SETTING; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHIC VARIABILITIES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORRELATION; DIAPIR; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MIOCENE; OIL WELL; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LAGUNA MADRE [TEXAS]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; VERACRUZ;

EID: 58149312822     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07070808021     Document Type: Article

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