Sequence stratigraphy of a condensed low-accommodation succession: Lower upper cretaceous dakota sandstone, henry mountains, southeastern Utah

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 413-447

  Antia, Jonathan ^a,b   Fielding, Christopher R ^a,b  

^a Core Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS SHALE; COARSENING; DEPOSITS; ESTUARIES; HYDROCARBONS; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

SANDSTONE;

BIVALVE; CONDENSATION; CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUSTACY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OUTCROP; PARASEQUENCE; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELL; TRANSGRESSION;

HENRY MOUNTAINS; KAIPAROWITS PLATEAU; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 79953702234     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06301009182     Document Type: Article

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