Geology and petroleum potential of the Fairway Basin in the Tasman Sea

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 629-645

  Exon, N F ^a,b   Lafoy, Y ^c   Hill, P J ^b   Dickens, G R ^d   Pecher, I ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Service des Mines et de l'Energie   (New Caledonia)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bottom simulating reflector; Cenozoic; Cretaceous; Diapirs; Fairway Basin; Lord Howe Rise; Petroleum potential; Rifting; Tasman Sea

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRETACEOUS; DIAPIR; NORMAL FAULT; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR; UPLIFT;

FAIRWAY BASIN; LORD HOWE RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 34347210658     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090701305194     Document Type: Article

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