Origin of channel systems in the Upper Cretaceous Chalk Group of the Paris Basin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1338-1349

  Esmerode, Estela V ^a   Surlyk, Finn ^b  

^a DONG Energy AS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bottom currents; Chalk Group; Intra chalk channels; Paris Basin; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENTS; CHALK GROUP; INTRA-CHALK CHANNELS; PARIS BASIN; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

DISSOLUTION; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STRATIGRAPHY;

REFLECTION;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CHALK; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SLOPE FAILURE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TREND ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCONFORMITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANGLO-PARIS BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650217535     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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