Overview of the subsurface structural pattern of the Paris Basin (France): Insights from the reprocessing and interpretation of regional seismic lines

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 861-879

  Beccaletto, Laurent ^a   Hanot, Franck ^a   Serrano, Olivier ^a   Marc, Stéphane ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Mesozoic geological evolution; Paris Basin; Reprocessing and interpretation of regional seismic lines; Structural pattern; Variscan heritage

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PARIS BASIN; REPROCESSING AND INTERPRETATION OF REGIONAL SEISMIC LINES; STRUCTURAL PATTERN; VARISCAN;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; OIL FIELDS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

SEISMOLOGY;

HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MESOZOIC; NORMAL FAULT; OIL FIELD; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

FRANCE; PARIS BASIN;

EID: 79851510181     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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