Constraints for plate reconstruction using gravity data - Implications for source and reservoir distribution in Brazilian and West African margin basins

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 309-322

  Dickson, William G ^a   Fryklund, Robert E ^b   Odegard, Mark E ^c   Green, Chris M ^c  

^a DIGs   (United States)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (Brazil)

^c Kitson House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental margins; Geographic information systems; Gravity; Paleogeography; Plate reconstructions; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TECTONICS;

RESERVOIR DISTRIBUTION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GIS; GRAVITY SURVEY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141447455     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(03)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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