The Tertiary evolution of the prolific Nanpu Sag of Bohai Bay Basin, China: Constraints from volcanic records and tectono-stratigraphic sequences

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 609-626

  Dong, Yuexia ^a   Xiao, Long ^b   Zhou, Haimin ^c   Wang, Chunzeng ^d   Zheng, Jianping ^b   Zhang, Ning ^b   Xia, Wenchen ^b   Ma, Qian ^a   Du, Jingxia ^a   Zhao, Zhongxin ^a   Huang, Hongxiang ^a  

^a PetroChina Jidong Oilfield Company   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c SINOPEC   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN DYNAMICS; BOHAI BAY BASIN; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; DEEPWATER; DRILL CORE; EVOLUTIONARY PHASIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSITION; GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION; INFILLING; MANTLE UPWELLINGS; MIOCENE; NANPU SAG; OIL DISCOVERIES; OIL-PRODUCTION; RIFTING PROCESS; SEISMIC PROFILES; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; WELL LOGS;

BASALT; CORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; WELL LOGGING;

VOLCANOES;

BASIN EVOLUTION; GEODYNAMICS; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERTIARY; VOLCANISM;

BOHAI BAY; BOHAI SEA; BOHAIWAN BASIN; CHINA; NANPU SAG; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 77950970907     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30041.1     Document Type: Article

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