Internal architecture, bedforms and geometry of turbidite channels. A conference held at the Geological Society, London, June 20-21st 2011

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Mayall, Michael ^a   Kane, Ian A ^b   McCaffrey, William D ^c  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Conference; Geometry; Internal architecture; Turbidite channels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873986410     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.10.004     Document Type: Editorial

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