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Geological structure of the sedimentary cover and evaluation of the oil and gas potential of the Deryugin Basin (Sea of Okhotsk)

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Results of interpretation of the seismic refraction survey in the southern part of the Deryugin Basin are presented. A geological-geophysical model was developed, and a scheme of the sedimentary cover evolution of the basin (Late Cretaceous-Pleistocene) is suggested. The data obtained indicate a high hydrocarbon potential comparable with that of the adjacent oil and gas-bearing shelf of northeastern Sakhalin.

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Zhigulev, V.E. Kononov, B.W. Levin, 2007, published in Tikhookeanskaya Geologiya, 2007, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 3–12.

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Zhigulev, V.V., Kononov, V.E. & Levin, B.W. Geological structure of the sedimentary cover and evaluation of the oil and gas potential of the Deryugin Basin (Sea of Okhotsk). Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 1, 409–417 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714007050016

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