The Korudaǧ anticlinorium in the south Thrace Basin, northwest Turkey: A super giant petroleum trap complex?

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-377

  Şen, Şamil ^a   Yillar, Selin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; NORTHWEST TURKEY; SEA OF MARMARA; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SOURCE ROCK CORRELATION; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

ANTICLINE; CRETACEOUS; FAULT; GAS PRODUCTION; HOLOCENE; MIOCENE; OIL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SYNCLINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; THRACE BASIN;

EID: 62749160861     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/09290808072     Document Type: Article

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