Petrographic and seismic evidence for the depositional setting of giant turbidite reservoirs and the paleogeographic evolution of Campos Basin, offshore Brazil

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 824-853

  Fetter, Marcos ^a   De Ros, Luiz F ^b   Bruhn, Carlos H L ^a  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Divergent margins; Intraplate tectonics; Mantle plumes; Paleogeography; Quantitative petrography; Sequence stratigraphy; Structural analysis; Turbidite reservoirs

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENT MARGINS; INTRAPLATE TECTONICS; MANTLE PLUMES; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE PETROGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE RESERVOIRS;

COASTAL ZONES; HYDROCARBONS; MINERALS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLOGY; SAND; SEAWATER; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; THERMAL PLUMES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DEPOSITION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PETROGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TURBIDITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349175327     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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