Interaction of the Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt and the Arabian-type, deep-seated folds in the Abadan Plain and the Dezful Embayment, SW Iran

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-362

  Fard, Iraj Abdollahie ^a   Braathen, Alvar ^b   Mokhtari, Mohamad ^c   Alavi, Seyed Ahmad ^d  

^a NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fold thrust belt; Petroleum plays; Structural interaction; SW Iran; Zagros Orogeny

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ANTICLINE; BASEMENT ROCK; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLDING; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; OIL FIELD; OROGENY; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 33750845873     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079305-706     Document Type: Article

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