Neogene tectonic evolution of the southwestern Alboran basin as inferred from seismic data off Morocco

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1161-1184

  Chalouan, Ahmed ^a   Saji, Rachida ^a   Michard, André ^b   Bally, Albert W ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

FAULTED FOLDS; NEOGENE TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BASIN DEVELOPMENT; BASIN EVOLUTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; NEOGENE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC SURVEYS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ALBORAN BASIN;

EID: 0031182322     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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