Geohistory modelling of cratonic basins: A Case study of the Ordos Basin, NW China

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 347-362

  Ye, Jiaren ^a   Lu, Mingde ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

GEOHISTORY ANALYSIS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRATONIC BASIN; EROSION; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

CHINA, ORDOS BASIN;

EID: 0031184626     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.1997.tb00640.x     Document Type: Article

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