Salt structure characteristics and its relation to hydrocarbon accumulation in the Kuqa depression, Tarim Basin

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 580-588

  Hu, Jianfeng ^a   Liu, Yukui ^b   Yang, Minghui ^a   Zheng, Duoming ^b   Liu, Hu ^b   Lei, Ganglin ^b   Zhou, Li ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Oil gas accumulations; Salt structures; The Kuqa Depression; The Tarim Basin

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SALT DOME; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE);

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; WORLD; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 12444261731     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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