The structure and formation of diapirs in the Yinggehai-Song Hong Basin, South China Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 980-991

  Lei, Chao ^a   Ren, Jianye ^a   Clift, Peter D ^b   Wang, Zhenfeng ^c   Li, Xusheng ^c   Tong, Chuanxin ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Concentric faults; Gas chimney; Inversion structure; Layer bounded faults; Palaeo crater; Pockmarks; Red River Fault; South China Sea; Yinggehai Song Hong Basin

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRIC FAULTS; INVERSION STRUCTURE; LAYER-BOUNDED FAULTS; PALAEO-CRATER; POCKMARKS; RED RIVER; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YINGGEHAI-SONG HONG BASIN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHIMNEYS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; RIVERS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; WELL DRILLING;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRATER; CRUSTAL THINNING; DIAPIR; DIAPIRISM; GAS FIELD; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; OIL FIELD; POCKMARK; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHALE;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; RED RIVER FAULT ZONE; SONG HONG BASIN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YINGGEHAI BASIN;

EID: 79952621710     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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