Salt structures in the Laizhouwan depression, offshore Bohai Bay basin, eastern China: New insights from 3D seismic data

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1600-1607

  Yu, Yixin ^a   Zhou, Xinhuai ^b   Tang, Liangjie ^a   Peng, Wenxu ^b   Lu, Dingyou ^b   Li, Weiguo ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CNOOC LTD   (China)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Laizhouwan depression; Offshore Bohai Bay basin; Salt diapir; Salt pillow; Salt structures; Tan Lu fault

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; LAIZHOUWAN DEPRESSION; OFFSHORE BOHAI BAY BASIN; SALT STRUCTURES; TAN-LU FAULT;

LUTETIUM; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; TANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

TECTONICS;

ARCH; COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIAPIR; DIAPIRISM; PALEOGENE; SALT TECTONICS; SEISMIC DATA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; BOHAI SEA; BOHAIWAN BASIN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LAIZHOU BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 67650234500     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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