Outcrop expression of a continental-margin-scale shelf-edge delta from the cretaceous magallanes basin, chile

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 523-539

  Covault, Jacob A ^a   Romans, Brian W ^b   Graham, Stephan A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE;

DEPOSITS;

BASIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRETACEOUS; DELTA; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; OUTCROP; SEISMIC DATA; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69149105884     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.053     Document Type: Article

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