The Grès d'Annot as an analogue for Brazilian Cretaceous sandstone reservoirs: Comparing convergent to passive-margin confined turbidites

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 221, Issue , 2004, Pages 419-436

  Moraes, Marco A S ^a   Blaskovski, Paulo R ^a   Joseph, Philippe ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PASSIVE MARGIN; TURBIDITE;

BRAZIL; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142707224     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.221.01.23     Document Type: Article

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