Submarine transitional flow deposits in the Paleogene Gulf of Mexico

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1119-1122

  Kane, Ian A ^a   Pontén, Anna S M ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL LAYER; CLAY CONTENT; DEEPWATER; EXPLORATION WELLS; FLOW TRANSFORMATIONS; GRAVITY DRIVEN FLOW; GULF OF MEXICO; PALEOGENE; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; PROGRADATION; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; STACKING PATTERNS; STRATIFIED FLOWS; SUBMARINE FANS; TRANSITIONAL FLOW; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

DEPOSITS; LAMINAR FLOW; OCEAN CURRENTS; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES; TRANSITION FLOW;

LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER;

FACIES; GRAVITY FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOGENE; RHEOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBIDITE; TURBULENT FLOW; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84871881177     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33410.1     Document Type: Article

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