Evolution, architecture and hierarchy of distributary deep-water deposits: a high-resolution outcrop investigation from the Permian Karoo Basin, South Africa

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2132-2154

  Prelat A ^a   Hodgson, D M ^a   Flint, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimensions; Geometry of depositional elements; Hierarchy; Permian; Submarine lobe deposits; Tanqua depocentre

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT; COMPENSATIONAL STACKING; DEEPWATER; DIMENSIONS; HIERARCHY; HIGH RESOLUTION; ISOPACH MAPS; LIMITED INFORMATION; LITHOFACIES; PERMIAN; PLANFORM; SEISMIC DATAS; SILTSTONES; SOUTH AFRICA; STACKING PATTERNS; SUBMARINE FANS; TANQUA DEPOCENTRE; THICKNESS VARIATION;

ARCHITECTURE; GEOMETRY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES;

DEPOSITS;

DATA SET; DEEP WATER FORMATION; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ISOPACH MAP; LITHOFACIES; PERMIAN; SANDSTONE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC DATA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILTSTONE; SUBMARINE FAN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

TANQUA;

EID: 77649111107     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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