Hinterland-vergent tectonic wedge below the Riwat thrust, Himalayan foreland, Pakistan: Implications for hydrocarbon exploration

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 438-448

  Jadoon, Ishtiaq A K ^a,c,d   Frisch, W ^b,e,f  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TECTONICS;

EVAPORITES; HINTERLAND VERGENCE; TECTONIC WEDGES;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

EVAPORITE; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; ROOF THRUST; TECTONIC WEDGE; TRIANGLE ZONE;

PAKISTAN, HIMALAYAN FORELAND, RIWAT THRUST;

EID: 0031104563     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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