Development of a shelf margin delta due to uplift of Munkagrunnur Ridge at the margin of Faroe-Shetland Basin: A seismic sequence stratigraphic study

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-103

  Ólavsdóttir, Jana ^a   Boldreel, Lars Ole ^b   Andersen, Morten Sparre ^c,d  

^a University of Copenhagen ^*  (Faroe Islands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GEUS Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FAROE ISLANDS   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

3D seismic interpretation; Faroe Shetland Basin; Munkagrunnur Ridge; Seismic sequence stratigraphy; Shelf margin delta

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; MAPPING; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

3D SEISMIC; FAROE-SHETLAND BASIN; MUNKAGRUNNUR RIDGE; SEISMIC SEQUENCE; SHELF MARGIN DELTA;

SEISMOLOGY;

AGGRADATION; DATA SET; DELTA; EOCENE; EROSION; FLOODING; HIGHSTAND; LOWSTAND; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK; SUBSIDENCE; TRANSGRESSION; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE BASIN; SHETLAND BASIN;

EID: 77953186220     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-014     Document Type: Article

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