Allochthonous blocks misidentified as the basement: Implication for petroleum exploration in the SW Thrace Basin (Turkey)

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 55-66

  Şen, Şamil ^a   Yillar, Selin ^a   Erdal Kerey, I ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Istanbul Geli im Educational High School   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allochthonous blocks; North Anatolian Fault; Northwest Turkey; Petroleum exploration; Thrace Basin

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONOUS BLOCKS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; NORTHWEST TURKEY; PETROLEUM EXPLORATION; THRACE BASIN;

BUILDINGS; LANDFORMS; MINES; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WELLS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

ALLOCHTHON; BASEMENT ROCK; CRETACEOUS; DRILLING; EOCENE; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; LIMESTONE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; OIL PRODUCTION; OPHIOLITE; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; TURBIDITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; THRACE BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 59449107984     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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