Contrasting Pliocene fluvial depositional systems within the rapidly subsiding South Caspian Basin; a case study of the palaeo-Volga and palaeo-Kura river systems in the Surakhany Suite, Upper Productive Series, onshore Azerbaijan

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2079-2106

  Vincent, Stephen J ^a   Davies, Clare E ^a,d   Richards, Keith ^b   Aliyeva, Elmira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KrA Stratigraphic   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

^d WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Azerbaijan; Dinocysts; Fluvial sedimentology; Palynology; Petrophysical properties; Pliocene; Pollen; Productive Series; South Caspian Basin; Surakhany Suite

Indexed keywords

AZERBAIJAN; DINOCYSTS; FLUVIAL SEDIMENTOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLIOCENE; POLLEN; PRODUCTIVE SERIES; SOUTH CASPIAN; SURAKHANY SUITE;

HYDROCARBONS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SANDSTONE;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILTSTONE;

AZERBAIJAN; CASPIAN BASIN; KURA BASIN;

EID: 78449242864     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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