Modelling of dipping clinoform barriers within deltaic outcrop analogues from the Cretaceous Western Interior Basin, USA

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 309, Issue , 2008, Pages 99-121

  Howell, John ^a   Vassel, Åsmund ^a   Aune, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; FLOW MODELING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OUTCROP;

BOOK CLIFFS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 70449112154     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP309.8     Document Type: Article

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