A retreating fan-delta system in the Neoproterozoic Chattisgarh rift basin, central India: Major controls on its evolution

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 785-808

  Patranabis Deb, Sarbani ^a   Chaudhuri, Asru Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GRANITE; HYDROCARBONS; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TECTONICS;

ALLUVIAL-FAN TO FAN-DELTA COMPLEX; CRATONIC RIFT BASIN; DELTA STRATIGRAPHY; FACIES ASSOCIATION; NEOPROTEROZOIC CHATTISGARH BASIN; STACKING PATTERN;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL FAN; CONGLOMERATE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FAN DELTA; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LITHOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STACKING; SUBMARINE FAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34347330291     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/11270605182     Document Type: Article

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