Sea-level control on the submarine fan architecture in a deepwater sequence of the Niger Delta Basin

Submarine fan architecture has long been considered much complicated as controlled by both allogenic and autogenic mechanisms. However, to which extent the allogenic sea-level change controls the submarine fan architecture is still unclear. This study uses integrated 3-D seismic, well-log and core data to characterize the submarine fan architecture in a deepwater sequence of the Niger delta basin. Correlation of the timing of architecture units to high-frequency sea-level curve helps to investigate the sea-level control on architecture distribution and evolution of submarine fan systems.