Ozona sandstone, Val Verde Basin, Texas: Synorogenic stratigraphy and depositional history in a permian foredeep basin

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 573-594

  Hamlin, H Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GAS PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; GENETIC STRATIGRAPHY; LOW PERMEABILITY GAS RESERVOIRS; MASS-TRANSPORT PROCESS; SANDSTONE DEPOCENTERS; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

FOREARC BASIN; FORELAND BASIN; MASS TRANSFER; OROGENY; OZONE; PERMEABILITY; PERMIAN; POINT SOURCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITE;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; VAL VERDE BASIN;

EID: 67649774920     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01200908121     Document Type: Article

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