Salt structures and hydrocarbons in the Pricaspian basin

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 313-334

  Volozh, Yuri ^a   Talbot, Christopher ^b   Ismail Zadeh, Alik ^c  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EXTRUSION; HYDROCARBONS; SALTS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

SALT STRUCTURES;

GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MESOZOIC; PERMIAN; SALT DOME; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CASPIAN SEA; PRICASPIAN BASIN;

EID: 0037316117     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/09060200896     Document Type: Article

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