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Depositional Styles from Miocene Through Pleistocene in the North Central Gulf of Mexico: An Historical Reconstruction

Entry ID: MMS_GOM_LA_DEPOS

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Summary

Abstract: ABSTRACT

The Minerals Management Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, has
recently classified the producible sands from the approximately 1,100
fields across the northern Gulf of Mexico into groups of genetically
related plays defined by production, chronostratigraphy,
lithostratigraphy, and structure. Each field was assigned a structural
code, and each producible sand was classified by ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 30.0

S: 25.0

E: -85.0

W: -95.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Hunt, Jesse, Jr. and Grant Burgess

Dataset Title: Depositional Styles from Miocene Through Pleistocene in the North Central Gulf of Mexico: An Historical Reconstruction

Dataset Series Name: Transactions of the Gulf Coast Geological Societies

Dataset Release Date: 1995

Dataset Release Place: Baton Rouge, LA

Dataset Publisher: MMS

Issue Identification: GP-9513

Data Presentation Form: text (PDF), figures (GIF)

Online Resource: http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/pubinfo/techcat/jess2.html

Paleo Temporal Coverage

Paleo Start Date: 23 Ma
Paleo Stop Date: 10 ka
Chrono Unit:

PHANEROZOIC > CENOZOIC > NEOGENE > MIOCENE

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO

Science Keywords

PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > MACROFOSSILS

PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ECONOMY

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

OCEANS

Instrument

WELL LOGGING TOOLS

SEISMOGRAPHS

Access Constraints NONE

Use Constraints NONE

Ancillary Keywords

AGGRADATIONAL FACIES

ANCESTRAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

MMS/GOM

Data Center

Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region, Minerals Management Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

Data Center URL: http://www.gomr.mms.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE Phone: (504) 736-2519 Phone: 1-800-200-GULF Fax: (504) 736-2620 Contact Address: Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Office of Public Information 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard City: New Orleans Province or State: LA Postal Code: 70123-2394 Country: USA