The tectonics and petroleum system of the Qiulitagh fold and thrust belt, northern Tarim basin, NW China

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 767-777

  Jin, Zhijun ^a,b   Yang, Minghui ^a   Lu, Xiuxiang ^a   Sun, Dongsheng ^b   Tang, Xuan ^c   Peng, Gengxin ^d   Lei, Ganglin ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b SINOPEC   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Kuqa foreland; Petroleum system; Qiulitagh fold and thrust belt; Tarim basin; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN MODELLING; COMPRESSIONAL; EXPLORATION POTENTIAL; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; HYDROCARBON GENERATIONS; KEY FACTORS; KUQA FORELAND; LATE CRETACEOUS; LATE MIOCENE; LATE OLIGOCENE; LATE PLIOCENE; LATEST OLIGOCENE; MIOCENE; NORTHERN TARIM BASIN; NW CHINA; OIL AND GAS; PETROLEUM SYSTEM; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; PLIOCENE; QIULITAGH FOLD AND THRUST BELT; STRUCTURAL TRAPS; TARIM BASIN;

HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

ACCUMULATION; CORRELATION; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; MODELING; PLIOCENE; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE); UPLIFT;

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

EID: 52149093227     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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