Geological conditions and oil-gas filling periods of 4 type cenozoic compressional basins in central-western China

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-252

  Zhao, Mengjun ^a   Song, Yan ^a   Qin, Shengfei ^a   Liu, Shaobo ^a   Hong, Feng ^a   Fu, Guoyou ^a   Da, Jiang ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Central western China; Compressional basins; Hydrocarbon accumulation periods; Hydrocarbon filling conditions

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; COMPRESSION; FORELAND BASIN; FORMATION MECHANISM; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SOURCE ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; SICHUAN BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 34548062061     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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