Seismic stratigraphy and subsidence analysis of the southern Brazilian margin (Campos, Santos and Pelotas basins)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1952-1980

  Contreras, Jorham ^a   Zühlke, Rainer ^a   Bowman, Scott ^b   Bechstädt, Thilo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b PetroDynamics Inc   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Basin development; Seismic stratigraphy; Southern Brazilian rifted margin; Subsidence modeling

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; BASIN DEVELOPMENT; CAMPOS BASIN; CARBONATE DEPOSITION; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; DEPOCENTERS; FLEXURAL LOADING; HOLOCENES; HYDROCARBON TRAPS; NEO GENES; PALEOGENE; PONTA GROSSA ARCH; PROGRADATION; SALT DEPOSITION; SALT TECTONICS; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY INFILL; SEISMIC SEQUENCE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SOURCE AREA; SOUTHERN BRAZILIAN RIFTED MARGIN; STRUCTURAL TRAPS; SYN-RIFT;

HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BARREMIAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EXHUMATION; HOLOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROGRADATION; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TERTIARY; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN; PELOTAS BASIN; ROCHA [URUGUAY]; SANTOS BASIN; URUGUAY;

EID: 77957900404     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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