Sequence stratigraphy: Common ground after three decades of development

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Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-54

  Catuneanu, O ^a   Bhattacharya, J P ^b   Blum, M D ^c   Dalrymple, R W ^d   Eriksson, P G ^e   Fielding, C R ^f   Fisher, W L ^g   Galloway, W E ^g   Gianolla, P ^h   Gibling, M R ⁱ   Giles, K A ^j   Holbrook, J M ^k   Jordan, R ^l   Kendall, C G St C ^m   Macurda, B ⁿ   Martinsen, O J ^o   Miall, A D ^p   Nummedal, D ^q   Posamentier, H W ^r   Pratt, B R ^s   Shanley, K W ^t   Steel, R J ^u   Strasser, A ^v   Tucker, M E ^w   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^h Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico   (Italy)

ⁱ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^l Jordan Geology   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁿ The Energists   (United States)

^o STATOIL   (Norway)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^q Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^r CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^t Discovery Group   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^w DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LITHOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOURCE ROCK; STACKING;

EID: 77956437328     PISSN: 02635046     EISSN: 13652397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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