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Progress and Theory of Marine Strata Oil and Gas Exploration in the Sichuan Basin

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The Sichuan Basin is the largest petroleum-bearing basin in southern China. It is a typical superimposed basin with a long history of oil and gas exploration. The basin is generally diamond-shaped and covers ~23 × 104 km2.

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Ma, Y. (2020). Progress and Theory of Marine Strata Oil and Gas Exploration in the Sichuan Basin. In: Marine Oil and Gas Exploration in China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61147-0_7

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