Stratigraphic Organization and Predictability of Mixed Coarse- and Fine-grained Lithofacies Successions in a Lower Miocene Deep-water Slope-channel System, Angola Block 15

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 88, Issue , 2006, Pages 281-305

  Porter, M L ^a   Sprague, A R G ^a   Sullivan, M D ^b   Jennette, D C ^c   Beaubouef, R T ^a   Garfield, T R ^a   Rossen, C ^a   Sickafoose, D K ^a   Jensen, G N ^a   Friedmann, S J ^d   Mohrig, D C ^e  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c Apache Inc Gas Monetization Department   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84962179048     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1306/1215880M883273     Document Type: Chapter

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