Paleoenvironments and paleogeography of the Lower and lower Middle Jurassic coal measures in the Turpan-Hami oil-prone coal basin northwestern China

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 335-355

  Shao, Longyi ^a   Zhang, Pengfei ^a   Hilton, Jason ^b   Gayer, Rod ^c   Wang, Yanbin ^a   Zhao, Changyi ^d   Luo, Zhong ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CATCHMENTS; COAL; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEPOSITION;

PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

GEOLOGY;

COAL MEASURES; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; JURASSIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA; TURPAN-HAMI BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 0037313896     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/09160200936     Document Type: Article

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