Turbidite architecture in proximal foreland basin-system deep-water depocenters: Insights from the Cenozoic of western Europe

Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue , 2008, Pages 36-51

  Covault, Jacob A ^a   Graham, Stephan A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep water sedimentation; Foredeep margin; Foreland basin system; Reservoir architecture; Turbidite; Wedge top

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP WATER; DEFORMATION; FOLD BELT; FOREARC BASIN; FORELAND BASIN; LEVEE; NEOGENE; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GULF OF MEXICO; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60349104779     PISSN: 20727151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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