Geometry and chronology of late Quaternary depositional sequences in the Eastern Niger Submarine Delta

Marine Geology

Volumn 319-322, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-20

  Riboulot, V ^a,b   Cattaneo, A ^a   Berne S ^b   Schneider, R R ^c   Voisset, M ^a   Imbert, P ^d   Grimaud, S ^d  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

3D seismic data; Growth fault; Late Quaternary; Niger Delta; Oxygen isotope stratigraphy; Sequence stratigraphy; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC DATA; GROWTH FAULT; LATE QUATERNARY; NIGER DELTA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINES; SUBSIDENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; DELTA; DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMETRY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIOEUSTACY; HANGING WALL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MASS TRANSPORT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC DATA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 84865742194     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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