Nature of a regional dogleg pattern in maturity profiles from Thrace basin, northwestern Turkey: A newly discovered unconformity or a thermal anomaly?

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1373-1396

  Huvaz, Ozkan ^a   Sarikaya, Hasan ^b   Nohut, Ömür M ^b  

^a Exploration Group   (Turkey)

^b Exploration Group   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DOGLEG PATTERN; LOW CONDUCTIVE DEPOSITS; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; THRACE BASIN; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 27344436932     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06090505021     Document Type: Article

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