On-shelf lower miocene oakiville sediment-dispersal patterns within a three-dimensional sequence-stratigraphic architectural framework and implications for deep-water reservoirs in the central coastal area of Texas

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1795-1817

  Loucks, Robert G ^a   Moore, Brian T ^a   Zeng, Hongliu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCHITECTURAL FRAMEWORKS; DEEP WATER RESERVOIRS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; INCISED VALLEY FILL; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; THIRD-ORDER SEQUENCES;

WELL LOGGING;

AGGRADATION; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; PROGRADATION; RESERVOIR; REWORKING; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC DATA; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK; TRANSGRESSION; VALLEY FILL;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80155133567     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02171110142     Document Type: Article

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