Structural evolution of the northwestern Zagros, Kurdistan Region, Iraq: Implications on oil migration

GeoArabia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-116

  Csontos, László ^a   Sasvári, Ágoston ^a   Pocsai, Tamás ^a   Kósa, László ^a   Salae, Azad T ^b   Ali, Athar ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^c MOL Kalegran Ltd   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN; COLLAPSE; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; FOLDING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; LIMESTONE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN; NEOGENE; PALEOCENE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEEPAGE; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT; WAVELENGTH;

EURASIA; IRAQ; ZAGROS;

EID: 84867902458     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia170281     Document Type: Article

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