Mesozoic-Cenozoic history of deformation and petroleum systems in sedimentary basins of Central Asia: Implications of collisions on the Eurasian margin

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-341

  Otto, Simon C ^a,b  

^a Petroconsultants (UK) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Robertson Res International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Deformation; Petroleum systems; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000799653     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.3.4.327     Document Type: Article

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