Towards the standardization of sequence stratigraphy

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-33

  Catuneanu, O ^a   Abreu, V ^b   Bhattacharya, J P ^c   Blum, M D ^d   Dalrymple, R W ^e   Eriksson, P G ^f   Fielding, C R ^g   Fisher, W L ^h   Galloway, W E ⁱ   Gibling, M R ^j   Giles, K A ^k   Holbrook, J M ^l   Jordan, R ^m   Kendall, C G St C ⁿ   Macurda, B ^o   Martinsen, O J ^p   Miall, A D ^q   Neal, J E ^b   Nummedal, D ^r   Pomar, L ^s   Posamentier, H W ^t   Pratt, B R ^u   Sarg, J F ^r   Shanley, K W ^v   Steel, R J ^h   Strasser, A ^w   Tucker, M E ^x   Winker, C ^y   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^j DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^m Jordan Geology   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^o The Energists   (United States)

^p STATOIL   (Norway)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^r Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^t CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^v Stone Energy LLC   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^x DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^y SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

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Author keywords

accommodation; methodology; nomenclature; sediment supply; sequence stratigraphy; shoreline trajectory; stratal stacking patterns

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FACIES ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMS TRACT; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 58249121623     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.10.003     Document Type: Review

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