Architecture of a channel complex formed and filled during long-term degradation and entrenchment on the upper submarine slope, Unit F, Fort Brown Fm., SW Karoo Basin, South Africa

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-116

  Figueiredo, Jorge J P ^a,b   Hodgson, David M ^a   Flint, Stephen S ^a   Kavanagh, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OGX Oil and Gas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Channel complex; Channel complex set; Karoo basin; Laingsburg depocentre; Submarine channel; Upper slope

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL COMPLEX; KAROO BASIN; LAINGSBURG DEPOCENTRE; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; UPPER SLOPE;

LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

EROSION;

CLAYSTONE; DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EROSION; GRAVITY FLOW; LITHOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUBMARINE SLOPE;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84873989624     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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