Sequence-stratigraphic controls on complex reservoir architecture of highstand fluvial-dominated deltaic and lowstand valley-fill deposits in the upper cretaceous (cenomanian) woodbine group, east texas field: regional and local perspectives

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-269

  Ambrose, William A ^a   Hentz, Tucker F ^a   Bonnaffé, Florence ^a   Loucks, Robert G ^a   Frank Brown Jr , L ^a   Wang, Fred P ^a   Potter, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

COARSE SANDSTONE; COMPLEX RESERVOIRS; DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; FOURTH-ORDER SEQUENCES; INCISED VALLEY FILL; LOCAL PERSPECTIVE; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

OIL WELL LOGGING;

CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MEANDER; RESERVOIR; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; VALLEY;

PARTHENOCISSUS QUINQUEFOLIA;

EID: 60849091034     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/09180808053     Document Type: Article

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