Triassic seismic sequence stratigraphy and paleogeography of the western Barents Sea area

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1448-1475

  Glørstad Clark, Evy ^a   Faleide, Jan Inge ^a   Lundschien, Bjørn Anders ^b   Nystuen, Johan Petter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Paleogeography; Seismic facies analysis; Sequence stratigraphy; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BARENTS SEA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEISMIC FACIES ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES ANALYSIS; INLAND SEA; LADINIAN; MESOZOIC; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; BJORNOYA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 77954658271     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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