Seismic geomorphology and growth architecture of a Miocene barrier reef, Browse Basin, NW-Australia

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 233-254

  Rosleff Soerensen, Beke ^a   Reuning, Lars ^a   Back, Stefan ^a   Kukla, Peter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D seismic; Cenozoic; Growth history; North west Shelf; Platform evolution; Relic atolls

Indexed keywords

3D-SEISMIC; CENOZOIC; GROWTH HISTORY; NORTH-WEST SHELF; PLATFORM EVOLUTION; RELIC ATOLLS;

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SEPARATION; TECTONICS; TROPICS;

REEFS;

BARRIER REEF; BOREHOLE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; EUSTACY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LOWSTAND; MIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOTECTONICS; TORTONIAN;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 81155130975     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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