Turbidite systems and the significance of petroleum exploration of Yanchang Formation in the southern Ordos basin

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 656-663

  Chen, Quanhong ^a   Li, Wenhou ^a   Guo, Yanqin ^a   Liang, Jiwei ^a   Cui, Junping ^a   Zhang, Daofeng ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Formation mechanism; The significance of petroleum exploration; The slide moving turbidity; The slope moving tuibidity; The southern Ordos Basin

Indexed keywords

FACIES; PETROLEUM; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ORDOS BASIN;

EID: 33749378281     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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