Defining the concept of stratigraphic grade and applying it to stratal (reservoir) architecture and evolution of the slope-to-basin profile: An outcrop perspective

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 675-697

  Pyles, David R ^a   Syvitski, James P M ^b   Slatt, Roger M ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lewis Shale; Morphology; Ross Sandstone Formation; Slope equilibrium; Stratigraphic grade; Trajectory of depocenter; Trajectory of shelf edge

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT; DEEPWATER; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; FIRST-ORDER; FOURTH-ORDER; IRELAND; LEWIS SHALE; LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; RESERVOIR ARCHITECTURE; ROSS SANDSTONE FORMATION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SHELF EDGES; SLOPE EQUILIBRIUM; STACKING PATTERNS; STRATIGRAPHIC GRADE; STRATIGRAPHIC SURFACES; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; SUBMARINE FANS; SUBSURFACE DATA; TIME SPAN; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WYOMING ,USA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARCHITECTURE; BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SHALE; TRAJECTORIES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

DEEP WATER; DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALE; SHELF BREAK; SUBMARINE FAN;

IRELAND; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 79551594143     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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