Hyper-extended crust in the South Atlantic: In search of a model

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-215

  Unternehr, Patrick ^a   Péron Pinvidic, Gwenn ^b   Manatschal, Gianreto ^c   Sutra, Emilie ^c  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Hyper extended crust; Margin; OCT; Rifting; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL MODEL; CONTINENTAL MATERIALS; DATA SETS; DEEPWATER; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; NEW CONCEPT; OCEANIC CRUST; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; REFRACTION SEISMICS; SALT SEQUENCE; SALT STRUCTURES; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC IMAGE; SOUTH ATLANTIC; TIME AND SPACE;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROCARBONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OCEANIC CRUST; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMOLOGY;

ANGOLA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL;

EID: 77955488890     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-904     Document Type: Article

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