Overpressure generation and evolution in a compressional tectonic setting, the margin of Junggar Basin, northwestern China

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1123-1139

  Luo, Xiaorong ^a,b   Wang, Zhaoming ^b   Zhang, Liqiang ^b,c   Yang, Wan ^b,d   Liu, Loujun ^e,f  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^d WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Research Institute of Exploration and Development   (China)

^f Geophysical Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SANDSTONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

COMPRESSIONAL TECTONIC SETTING; MUDROCKS; OVERPRESSURE GENERATION; TECTONIC STRESS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; MUDSTONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERPRESSURE; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 34548072293     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02260706035     Document Type: Article

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