Early Cenozoic two-phase extension and late Cenozoic thermal subsidence and inversion of the Bohai Basin, northern China

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 951-972

  Allen, M B ^a   Macdonald, D I M ^a   Xun, Zhao ^b   Vincent, S J ^a   Brouet Menzies, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Basin; Bohai; China; Fault; Transtension

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

TECTONIC FAULTS; THERMAL SUBSIDENCE;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CAINOZOIC; EXTENSION; FAULT; SUBSIDENCE;

CHINA;

EID: 0031277477     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-8172(97)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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