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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2019

John W. Snedden  and
William E. Galloway
John W. Snedden
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University of Texas, Austin
William E. Galloway
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University of Texas, Austin
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The Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin
Depositional Evolution and Petroleum Applications
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