Haynesville and Bossier mudrocks: A facies and sequence stratigraphic investigation, East Texas and Louisiana, USA

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-26

  Hammes, Ursula ^a   Frébourg, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Facies analysis; Haynesville Bossier formations; Mudrock sedimentology and fauna; Mudrocks; Sequence stratigraphy; Shale gas; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; JURASSIC; MUDROCK SEDIMENTOLOGY AND FAUNA; MUDROCKS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALE-GAS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BUILDINGS; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SHALE;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE RAMP; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FAUNA; GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMMERIDGIAN; LITHOLOGY; MUDSTONE; NATURAL GAS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALE; TITHONIAN; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84856569948     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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