Sequence-stratigraphic analysis of Jurassic and Cretaceous strata and petroleum exploration in the central and eastern Gulf coastal plain, United States

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1655-1686

  Mancini, Ernest A ^a   Obid, Jamal ^b   Badali, Marcello ^c   Liu, Kaiyu ^d   Parcell, William C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation   (United States)

^c StatoiHydro ASA   (Norway)

^d BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^e WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE;

GULF COASTAL PLAINS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MARINE FACIES; PETROLEUM EXPLORATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

GULF COASTAL PLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58549100720     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08130808046     Document Type: Article

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