Turbidite-reservoir architecture in complex foredeep-margin and wedge-top depocenters, Tertiary Molasse foreland basin system, Austria

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-396

  Covault, Jacob A ^a   Hubbard, Stephen M ^b   Graham, Stephan A ^a   Hinsch, Ralph ^c   Linzer, Hans Gert ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Rohol Aufsuchungs AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Deep water sedimentation; Foredeep margin; Molasse basin; Puchkirchen formation; Reservoir architecture; Turbidite; Wedge top depozone

Indexed keywords

DEEP-WATER SEDIMENTATION; FOREDEEP MARGIN; MOLASSE BASIN; PUCHKIRCHEN FORMATION; RESERVOIR ARCHITECTURE; TURBIDITE; WEDGE-TOP DEPOZONE;

CORE DRILLING; DEFORMATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FLOW OF WATER; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; DEPOCENTER; FOREARC BASIN; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC WEDGE; TURBIDITE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOLASSE BASIN;

EID: 58549089490     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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