From thrust-and-fold belt to foreland: Hydrocarbon occurrences in Italy

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 113-126

  Bertello, F ^a   Fantoni, R ^a   Franciosi, R ^a   Gatti, V ^a   Ghielmi, M ^a   Puglise, A ^a  

^a ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Apennines; Cenozoic compression; Foreland; Gas fields; Hydrocarbon occurrences; Italy; Mesozoic extension; Oil fields; Thrust and fold belt

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052520736     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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