Stratigraphic sequence and sedimentary characteristics of Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in the Sichuan Basin and its peripheral areas

Natural Gas Industry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 12-21

  Wang, Yuman ^a   Dong, Dazhong ^a   Li, Xinjing ^a   Huang, Jinliang ^a   Wang, Shufang ^a   Wu, Wei ^a  

^a PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

Author keywords

Black shale; Demirastrites; Exploration potential; Lower Silurian; Peripheral areas; Sedimentary microfacies; Shale gas; Sichuan Basin; Spirograptus; Stratigraphic sequence

Indexed keywords

GASES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OIL SHALE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE GAS; STRATIGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

BLACK SHALES; DEMIRASTRITES; EXPLORATION POTENTIAL; PERIPHERAL AREAS; SEDIMENTARY MICRO-FACIES; SICHUAN BASIN; SILURIAN; SPIROGRAPTUS; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 84927131021     PISSN: 10000976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3787/j.issn.1000-0976.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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