Stratigraphic hierarchy of organic carbon-rich siltstones in deep-water facies, Brushy Canyon Formation (Guadalupian), Delaware Basin, west Texas

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 451-454

  Sageman, Bradley B ^a   Gardner, Michael H ^b   Armentrout, John M ^c   Murphy, Adam E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c MOBIL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN-FLOOR DEPOSITS; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER INPUTS; PREDICTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; PRESERVATION OF ORGANIC MATTERS; SEDIMENT STARVATION; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON; PERMIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILTSTONE; STRATIGRAPHIC HIERARCHY;

TEXAS; USA;

EID: 84879887472     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0451:SHOOCR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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