Neotectonic controls on petroleum accumulations, offshore china

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-27

  Gong, Z ^a   Huang, L ^b   Chen, P ^c  

^a CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b Silent Shore Ln ^*  (United States)

^c Petrosino Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Depocentre migration; Lacustrine source rocks; Neotectonism; Post rift plays; Rift basins; Synrift; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DEPOCENTRE MIGRATION; LACUSTRINE SOURCE ROCKS; NEOTECTONISM; POST-RIFT PLAYS; RIFT BASIN; SYN-RIFT; TERTIARY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DISEASES; HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOCENTER; FAULTING; GAS FIELD; GEOACCUMULATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MIOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; OIL FIELD; QUATERNARY; SOURCE ROCK; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YINGGEHAI BASIN;

EID: 78650215282     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: 17475457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2011.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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