Outer-bank bars: A new intra-channel architectural element within sinuous submarine slope channels

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 872-886

  Nakajima, Takeshi ^a   Peakall, Jeffrey ^b   McCaffrey, William D ^b   Paton, Douglas A ^b   Thompson, Philip J P ^c,d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMOLOGY;

3D SEISMIC DATA; ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INTERNAL REFLECTORS; LATERAL ACCRETION PACKAGES; SEPARATED CHANNELS; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUBMARINE SLOPES;

SUBMARINES;

ACCRETION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEANDER; SEISMIC DATA; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; THALWEG;

AMAZON FAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL;

EID: 72849110713     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.094     Document Type: Article

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