Application of seismic and sequence stratigraphic concepts to a lava-fed delta system in the Faroe-Shetland Basin, UK and Faroes

Basin Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-106

  Wright, K A ^a   Davies, R J ^a   Jerram, D A ^c   Morris, J ^b   Fletcher, R ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c DOUGALEARTH LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA; DEPOSITION; EMPLACEMENT; LAVA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE BASIN; FAROE ISLANDS; SHETLAND BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855552004     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2011.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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