Geochemical constraints on the Palaeocene-Miocene evolution of eastern Azerbaijan, with implications for the South Caspian basin and eastern Paratethys

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 733-750

  Johnson, C L ^a   Hudson, S M ^a   Rowe, H D ^b   Efendiyeva, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; EOCENE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; OUTCROP; PALEOCENE; PARATETHYS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SULFUR; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE ELEMENT;

AZERBAIJAN; CASPIAN BASIN; KURA BASIN;

PARATETHYS;

EID: 77956401327     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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