Seismic sequence stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential of the Phu Khanh Basin, offshore central Vietnam, South China Sea

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1711-1735

  Lee, Gwang H ^a   Watkins, Joel S ^b  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; PETROLEUM TRAPS; SEISMIC SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOURCE ROCKS;

CARBONATES; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0032173011     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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