Release faults, associated structures, and their control on petroleum trends in the Recôncavo rift, northeast Brazil

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1123-1144

  Destro, Nivaldo ^a   Szatmari, Peter ^a   Alkmim, Fernando F ^b   Magnavita, Luciano P ^a  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; OIL FIELDS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BENDING STRESSES;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; PETROLEUM; SEISMICITY; STRESS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

BRAZIL; RECONCAVO BASIN;

EID: 0038067190     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02200300156     Document Type: Article

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