The geology and petroleum potential of the North Afghan platform and adjacent areas (northern Afghanistan, with parts of southern Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan)

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 41-71

  Brookfield, Michael E ^a   Hashmat, Ajruddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geology; North Afghan platform; Petroleum

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; PETROLEUM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRAP (GEOLOGY);

AFGHANISTAN; TAJIKISTAN; TURKMENISTAN; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 0035170545     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(01)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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