Chronology of Cenozoic tectonic events in western Venezuela and the Leeward Antilles based on integration of offshore seismic reflection data and on-land geology

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 653-684

  Gorney, David ^a,b,f   Escalona, Alejandro ^a,c   Mann, Paul ^a,f   Magnani, M Beatrice ^d,e,f   Levander, Alan ^f   Christeson, Gail ^f   Zelt, Colin A ^f   Schmitz, Michael ^f   Clark, Stoney ^f   Guedez, Maria C ^f   Bezada, Maximiliano ^f   Arogunmati, Yemi ^f   Aitken, Trevor ^f   Beardsley, Amanda ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^f BOLIVAR Study Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; INTEGRATION; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TECTONICS;

IMBRICATE THRUST; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRUCTURAL TRAPPING;

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

CENOZOIC; CHRONOLOGY; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MATURATION; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; RESERVOIR ROCK; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONICS; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE);

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BONAIRE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FALCON; LESSER ANTILLES; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 34250803272     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/11280606002     Document Type: Article

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