Geologic framework of upper Miocene and Pliocene gas plays of the Macuspana Basin, southeastern Mexico

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1411-1435

  Ambrose, W A ^a   Wawrzyniec, T F ^b   Fouad, Khaled ^a   Talukdar, S C ^c   Jones, R H ^a   Jennette, D C ^a   Holtz, M H ^a   Sakurai, Shinichi ^a   Dutton, S P ^a   Dunlap, D B ^a   Guevara, E H ^a   Meneses Rocha, Javier ^d   Lugo, Jorge ^d   Aguilera, Leonardo ^d   Berlanga, Jose ^d   Miranda, Lino ^d   Morales, José Ruiz ^d   Rojas, Roberto ^d   Solis, Hector ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Ciudad del Carmen ^*  (United States)

^d PEMEX   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

DELTAIC SYSTEMS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

FAULTING; GAS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

MACUSPANA BASIN; MEXICO;

EID: 0141993450     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04140302022     Document Type: Article

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