Variability in the crustal structure of the West Indian Continental Margin in the Northern Arabian Sea

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-265

  Corfield, Richard I ^a   Carmichael, Scott ^a   Bennett, John ^a   Akhter, Shakeel ^a   Fatimi, Mansoor ^a   Craig, Tim ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deccan; Gravity; India; Margin; Pakistan; Subsidence; Volcanic

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; BREAK-UP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DECCAN; GRAVITY DATA; HEAT-FLOW; HIGH QUALITY; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; LATERAL VARIATIONS; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PAKISTAN; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SEISMIC DATAS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; STRUCTURE-BASED; TECTONIC EVENTS; VOLCANIC FACIES; VOLCANIC MARGIN; VOLCANICLASTICS;

HYDROCARBONS; SEISMOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DECCAN TRAPS; EOCENE; EXTRUSION; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; ISLAND ARC; SEAMOUNT; SEISMIC DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PAKISTAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 77955505158     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-902     Document Type: Article

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