Fine-grained Pleistocene deepwater turbidite channel system on the slope of Qiongdongnan Basin, northern South China Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1441-1451

  Shengqiang, Yuan ^a,b   Shiguo, Wu ^a,c   Thomas, Lüdmann ^d   Genshun, Yao ^a,b,e   Fuliang, Lv ^e   Feng, Cao ^f   Hairong, Wang ^g   Li, Li ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e Hangzhou Research Institute of Petroleum Geology   (China)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^g CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Channel complex; Qiongdongnan Basin; Seismic attribute; Slope deepwater area; South China Sea; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL COMPLEX; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTE; SLOPE DEEPWATER AREA; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

LEVEES; LITHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TURBIDITY;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

DEEP WATER FORMATION; EXPLOITATION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LEVEE; LITHOLOGY; MEANDER; OIL PRODUCTION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TREND ANALYSIS; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 67650229760     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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