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Andaman Basin; a future exploration target
Krishna Mohan, S. G. Vinod Dangwal, Soma Sengupta and A. G. Desai
Andaman Basin; a future exploration target
Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK) (August 2006) 25 (8): 964-967
Andaman Basin; a future exploration target
Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK) (August 2006) 25 (8): 964-967
Index Terms/Descriptors
- Andaman Basin
- Bay of Bengal
- Cenozoic
- geophysical methods
- geophysical profiles
- geophysical surveys
- Indian Ocean
- Indian Plate
- Indo-Australian Plate
- Miocene
- natural gas
- Neogene
- Pacific Plate
- petroleum
- petroleum exploration
- plate convergence
- plate tectonics
- reservoir properties
- seismic methods
- seismic profiles
- structural controls
- surveys
- Tertiary
- Malayan Orogeny
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
The Andaman Basin, toward the southeastern part of Bay of Bengal around the Andaman-Nicobar chain of islands, is a part of large geotectonic unit that extends from Indonesian Islands in the south to Myanmar in the north. The basin extends 1200 km from Myanmar to Sumatra and 650 km from the Malay Peninsula to the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
ISSN: 1070-485X
EISSN: 1938-3789
Serial Title: Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)
Serial Volume: 25
Serial Issue: 8
Title: Andaman Basin; a future exploration target
Affiliation: ONGC, Keshava Deva Malaviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration,
Dehra Dun,
India
Pages: 964-967
Published: 200608
Text Language: English
Publisher: Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
Tulsa, OK,
United States
DOI:
10.1190/1.2335164
Accession Number: 2006-075672
Categories: Economic geology, geology of energy sourcesApplied geophysics
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. geol. sketch map, sect.
N05°00'00" - N17°00'00", E92°30'00" - E98°00'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States. Reference includes data supplied by Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, United States
Update Code: 200643
