A model of submarine channel-levee evolution based on channel trajectories: Implications for stratigraphic architecture

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 716-727

  Sylvester, Zoltán ^a   Pirmez, Carlos ^a   Cantelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a Shell Technology Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Channel levee system; Chronostratigraphic diagram; Incision; Lateral migration; Stratigraphic architecture; Submarine channels; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CHANNEL-LEVEE SYSTEM; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC DIAGRAM; INCISION; LATERAL MIGRATION; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; SUBMARINE CHANNELS; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EROSION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES; TRAJECTORIES; TURBIDITY;

LEVEES;

ALGORITHM; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; EROSION; GEOMETRY; LEVEE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 79551575632     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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