Petroleum and global tectonics /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Princeton University Conference
Group Author: Fischer, Alfred G. (Editor); Judson, Sheldon (Editor)
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, New Jersey :
Publication Dates: [2017]
©1975
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Princeton legacy library
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Item Description: Papers presented at the 109th meeting of the Princeton University Conference held on March 10 and 11, 1972.
Carrier Form: xii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780691618043
0691618046
Index Number: TN870
CLC: P541-532
Call Number: P541-532/P957/1972
Contents: Welcome to conference participants /
Overview of plate tectonics /
Heat flow and vertical movements of the crust /
Origin and growth of basins /
Rift valley basins and sedimentary history of trailing continental margins /
Petroleum and plate tectonics of the Southern Red Sea /
Marine sediments, geosynclines, and orogeny /
Geochemical formation of oil /
Geothermal gradients, heat flow, and hydrocarbon recovery /
Distribution and geological characteristics of giant oil fields /