Timing and origin of the South Atlantic pre-salt sag basins and their capping evaporites

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 285, Issue , 2007, Pages 15-35

  Karner, Garry D ^a   Gamboa L A P ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BARREMIAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEPOSITION; EVAPORITE; FAULTING; OCEANIC CRUST; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SHALLOW WATER; SUBSIDENCE; TRANSGRESSION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BAHIA; BRAZIL; CAMAMU-ALMADA BASIN; CAMPOS BASIN; CUMURUXATIBA BASIN; JEQUITINHONHA BASIN; SANTOS BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 38349088612     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP285.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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