Overpressure distribution and pressuring mechanism on the southern margin of the Junggar Basin, Northwestern China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2383-2390

  Luo, Xiaorong ^a,b   Liu, Loujun ^c   Li, Xueyi ^c  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Xinjiang Oilfield Corp   (China)

Author keywords

Junggar Basin; Northwestern China; Overpressuring mechanisms; Tectonic stress; numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749497791     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-2126-9     Document Type: Article

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