Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Morichito piggyback basin, Eastern Venezuelan Basin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-125

  Salazar, Migdalys ^a   Moscardelli, Lorena ^b   Fisher, William ^c   Lorente, Maria Antonieta ^d  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eastern Venezuela Basin; Foreland; Maturin subbasin; Morichito piggyback basin; Palynology; Pirital high; Pirital thrust

Indexed keywords

FORELAND; MORICHITO PIGGYBACK BASIN; PALYNOLOGY; PIRITAL HIGH; PIRITAL THRUST; SUBBASINS; VENEZUELA;

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WELL LOGGING;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOCENTER; FORELAND BASIN; MIOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; PIGGYBACK BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; VENEZUELAN BASIN;

EID: 78649904464     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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