Geodynamics of the central South Atlantic conjugate margins: Implications for hydrocarbon potential

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-229

  Lentini, Michael R ^a   Fraser, Scot I ^b,c   Scott Sumner, H ^a   Davies, Richard J ^c  

^a Two Post Oak Central ^*  (United States)

^b BHP Billiton Petroleum   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crust; Palaeoclimate; Petroleum systems; Pre salt; Rift; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT FAULTS; BASIN-EDGE; BENGUELA; CAMPOS BASIN; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; DEPENDENT PROCESS; ENDMEMBERS; EXTENSIONAL STRAIN; FIRST-ORDER; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; HEAT FLOWS; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MARGIN RESTORATION; OCEANIC CRUST; PALAEOCLIMATE; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; RIFT BASIN; SIMPLE SHEAR; SOURCE ROCK DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH ATLANTIC; STRAIN EVOLUTION; STRUCTURAL STYLES; SYN-RIFT;

DEFORMATION; HYDROCARBONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

SUBSIDENCE;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; GEODYNAMICS; HEAT FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; OCEANIC CRUST; PALEOCLIMATE; RIFTING; SOURCE ROCK; STRAIN; SUBSIDENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BENGUELA BASIN; BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN; SANTOS BASIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 77955497969     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-909     Document Type: Article

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