Deep-water leveed-channel complexes of the Cerro Toro Formation, Upper Cretaceous, southern Chile

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1471-1500

  Beaubouef, Rick T ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITION; EROSION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

DEBRIS FLOW; LEEVED-CHANNEL COMPLEXES; MUDSTONES; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FORELAND BASIN; GRAVITY FLOW; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

CHILE; MAGALLANES; SOUTH AMERICA; TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8644290878     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06210403130     Document Type: Article

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