Slope channel sedimentary processes and stratigraphic stacking, Cretaceous Tres Pasos Formation slope system, Chilean Patagonia

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-162

  Macauley, Ryan V ^a,b   Hubbard, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Chevron Canada Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep water stratigraphic architecture; Outcrop analog; Slope channels; Tres Pasos Formation; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

OUTCROP ANALOG; SLOPE CHANNELS; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; TRES PASOS FORMATION; TURBIDITES;

DEPOSITS; EROSION; LEVEES; METALS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; DEEP WATER FORMATION; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; OUTCROP; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUBMARINE SLOPE; TURBIDITE;

CHILE; PATAGONIA;

EID: 84873988133     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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