Ongoing compression across South American plate: Observations, numerical modelling and some implications for petroleum geology

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 209, Issue , 2003, Pages 87-100

  Lima, Claudio ^a  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; IN SITU STRESS; NEOTECTONICS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC PLATE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

MOHO; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0038106734     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.209.01.09     Document Type: Article

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