Plio-Pleistocene sequence stratigraphic architecture of the eastern Niger Delta: A record of eustasy and aridification of Africa

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 810-821

  Jermannaud, P ^a,b,c   Rouby, D ^a,b   Robin, C ^a,b   Nalpas, T ^a,b   Guillocheau, F ^a,b   Raillard, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CSTJF   (France)

Author keywords

Eastern Niger Delta; Eustasy; Plio Pleistocene; Sedimentary supply; Sequence stratigraphic architecture

Indexed keywords

3-D SEISMIC SURVEY; ABYSSAL PLAINS; ARIDIFICATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATIC CONTROLS; COASTAL PLAIN; DIFFERENT MODES; EUSTASY; GLOBAL CLIMATES; NIGER DELTA; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE; PROGRADATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONTROL; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELL LOGGING;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ARIDIFICATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; EUSTACY; LITHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 77950548214     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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