Potential oil and gas-bearing basins of the qinghai-tibetan plateau, China

International Geology Review

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 876-890

  Wang, Cheng Shan ^a   Chang, Edmund Z ^b   Zhang, Shao Nan ^a  

^a Chengdu Institute of Science and Technology   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVES; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

CHINA, QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0031448703     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819709465307     Document Type: Article

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