Sandy Debrites and tidalites of Pliocene reservoir sands in upper-slope canyon environments, offshore Krishna-Godavari Basin (India): Implications

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 736-756

  Shanmugam, G ^a   Shrivastava, S K ^b   Das, Bhagaban ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; STORMS; SUBMARINES;

BAY OF BENGAL , INDIA; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CONVENTIONAL SUBMARINES; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSIT; STEEP GRADIENTS; SUBMARINE CANYON; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

SAND;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORE ANALYSIS; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FACIES; FAULT SCARP; FILL; MASS TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMEABILITY; PLIOCENE; RESERVOIR; SAND; SLUMPING; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE FAN; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURBIDITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350156778     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.076     Document Type: Article

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