Stratigraphic configuration control on tectonic deformation along the Qiultag anticline belt of Kuqa area northern Tarim basin

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 558-569

  Miao, Jijun ^a   Jia, Chengzao ^a   Wang, Zhaoming ^b   Qi, Yingmin ^b   Zhang, Junfeng ^a   Zhao, Enhong ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Deformed stratigraphic successions; Detachments; Kuqa area in Tarim; Reservoir forming; Stratigraphic configuration; The Qiultag structural belt

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33646203107     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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