A comparison of two early Miocene carbonate margins: The Zhujiang carbonate platform (subsurface, South China Sea) and the pirinç platform (Outcrop, Southern Turkey)

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 80, 2005, Pages 153-170

  Bassant, P ^a   Van Buchem, F ^b   Strasser, A ^c   Lomando, A ^d  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d ChevronTexaco Business Development   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 12144275364     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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