Quantitative seismic geomorphology of a Quaternary leveed-channel system, offshore eastern Trinidad and Tobago northeastern South America

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-125

  Wood, Lesli J ^a   Mize Spansky, Kristine L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEA LEVEL; SEISMOLOGY;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RESERVOIR DISTRIBUTION; SEISMIC GEOMORPHOLOGY; SLOPE GRADIENTS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

LEVEES;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DIAPIR; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEVEE; QUATERNARY; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC METHOD; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 58949093759     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08140807094     Document Type: Article

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