The oligocene succession in the Eastern North Sea: Basin development and depositional systems

Geological Magazine

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 668-693

  Jarsve, E M ^a   Eidvin, T ^b   Nystuen, J P ^a   Faleide, J I ^a   Gabrielsen, R H ^a   Thyberg, B I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^c CGG   (Norway)

Author keywords

sedimentology; sequence stratigraphy; source to sink; structural geology

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; DEPOSITIONAL AREAS; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; REGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOURCE TO SINKS; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS; TRANSPORT DIRECTION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; OLIGOCENE; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYSTEMS TRACT; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; NORWAY;

EID: 84911999197     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756814000570     Document Type: Article

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