Sedimentation and subsidence in the South Caspian Basin, Azerbaijan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 312, Issue , 2009, Pages 241-260

  Green, Tim ^a   Abdullayev, Nazim ^a   Hossack, Jake ^a   Riley, Greg ^a   Roberts, Alan M ^b  

^a BP Caspian Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Badley Geoscience Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; UNCONFORMITY;

ASIA; AZERBAIJAN; CASPIAN BASIN; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 70349109647     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP312.12     Document Type: Article

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