Stratigraphic evolution of a submarine channel-lobe complex system in a narrow fairway within the Magallanes foreland basin, Cerro Toro Formation, southern Chile

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 785-806

  Bernhardt, Anne ^a   Jobe, Zane R ^a   Lowe, Donald R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confinement; Debris flow; Foredeep margin; Foreland basin; Lobe complex; Submarine channel; Trough; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

CONFINEMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; FOREDEEP MARGIN; FORELAND BASIN; LOBE COMPLEX; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TROUGH; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITY;

SUBMARINES;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONGLOMERATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOREARC BASIN; FORELAND BASIN; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; PALEOCURRENT; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TROUGH; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

AUSTRAL BASIN; CHILE;

EID: 79551604695     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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