Assam–Arakan basin

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The Assam–Arakan basin is a major hydrocarbon-rich sedimentary basin in northeastern India, known for its significant oil and gas reserves and complex tectonic setting along the eastern Himalayas.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Assam–Arakan basin canonical 2
Assam Shelf 1
Assam–Arakan Basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sedimentary basin ⓘ
boundedBy Eastern Himalayas ⓘ
Indo–Burman Ranges ⓘ
linked to: Arakan Mountains
contains Baramura gas fields ⓘ
Digboi oil field ⓘ
Moran oil field ⓘ
Naharkatiya oil field ⓘ
Rudrasagar gas field ⓘ
Upper Assam oil fields ⓘ
linked to: Assam oil fields
country India ⓘ
discoveredHydrocarbons late 19th century ⓘ
economicImportance major petroleum-producing region of India ⓘ
extendsInto Bangladesh ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
formedBy India–Eurasia plate collision ⓘ
India–Myanmar plate interaction ⓘ
geologicalProvince Assam Shelf ⓘ
Assam–Arakan Fold Belt ⓘ
Naga Schuppen Belt ⓘ
Tripura–Mizoram Fold Belt ⓘ
hydrocarbonSystem Tertiary clastic reservoirs ⓘ
knownFor complex tectonic setting ⓘ
significant oil and gas reserves ⓘ
locatedIn Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
Mizoram ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ
majorLithology sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
notableEvent discovery of Digboi oil field in 1889 ⓘ
operator Oil India Limited ⓘ
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ⓘ
partOf eastern Himalayan foreland region ⓘ
resource crude oil ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
sourceRockAge Cretaceous ⓘ
Paleogene ⓘ
stratigraphy Cenozoic sediments ⓘ
Mesozoic sediments ⓘ
Paleozoic sediments ⓘ
tectonicSetting fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
foreland basin ⓘ
strike-slip faulting ⓘ
trapType stratigraphic traps ⓘ
structural traps ⓘ
traversedBy Brahmaputra River ⓘ
linked to: Brahmaputra

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Digboi oil field → geologicalBasin → Assam–Arakan basin ⓘ
Assam oil fields → geologicalBasin → Assam–Arakan Basin ⓘ
linked to: Assam–Arakan basin
Assam–Arakan basin → geologicalProvince → Assam Shelf ⓘ
linked to: Assam–Arakan basin
Assam–Arakan basin → geologicalProvince → Assam–Arakan Fold Belt ⓘ
linked to: Assam–Arakan basin
Margherita coalfields → geologicalBasin → Assam–Arakan basin ⓘ