Petroleum Geology of the Cambay Basin, Gujarat, India/L.R. Chowdhary.Petroleum Geology of the Cambay Basin, Gujarat, India/L.R. Chowdhary. Dehra Dun, Indian Petroleum, 2004, xviii, 172 p., figs., ISBN 81-900361-3-0.

    Contents: I. Introduction. II. Basin architecture: 1. Basement lineaments. 2. Composite nature of the basin. 3. Basement blocks. III. Origin of the basin: 1. General. 2. Quadruple junction hypothesis. 3. Subsidence along ancient tectonic trends. IV. Stratigraphy: 1. General. 2. Surface stratigraphy. 3. Subsurface stratigraphy. V. Basin evolution and basin filling: 1. Platform phase. 2. First rift phase. 3. Formative phase. 4. Second rift phase. 5. Inversion stage. 6. Post-rift stage. VI. Habitat of oil: 1. Source rocks. 2. Association of oil and coal. 3. Variation in crude oil gravities. 4. Crude oil types. 5. Migration. 6. Reservoir rocks. 7. Cap rocks. 8. Traps. 9. Timing aspect. 10. Petroleum systems. VII. History of oil exploration and production: 1. Exploration. 2. Production. VIII. Oil and gas fields: 1. General. 2. Anklesvar oil filed. 3. Gandhar field. 4. Nawagam-Wasna fields. 5. Kalol field. 6. Wadu field. 7. Sanand field. 8. Jhalora field. 9. South Kadi field. 10. North Kadi field. 11. Sobhasan field. 12. Santhal-Balol-Lanwa fields. 13. Jotana field. 14. Bechraji field. IX. Summary and conclusions. X. Selected references.

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