About: Maracaibo Basin     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : yago:Tract108673395, within Data Space : dbpedia.org associated with source document(s)
QRcode icon
http://dbpedia.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fresource%2FMaracaibo_Basin

The Maracaibo Basin, also known as Lake Maracaibo natural region, Lake Maracaibo depression or Lake Maracaibo Lowlands, is a foreland basin and one of the eight natural regions of Venezuela, found in the northwestern corner of Venezuela in South America. Covering over 36,657 square km, it is a hydrocarbon-rich region that has produced over 30 billion bbl of oil with an estimated 44 billion bbl yet to be recovered. The basin is characterized by a large shallow tidal estuary, Lake Maracaibo, located near its center. The Maracaibo basin has a complex tectonic history that dates back to the Jurassic period with multiple evolution stages. Despite its complexity, these major tectonic stages are well preserved within its stratigraphy. This makes The Maracaibo basin one of the most valuable basins

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Región natural Depresión del Lago de Maracaibo (es)
  • Maracaibo Basin (en)
  • Нефтегазоносный бассейн Маракайбо (ru)
  • Maracaibosänkan (sv)
rdfs:comment
  • Maracaibosänkan är en oljerik sedimentär sänka i västra Venezuela. Sänkan avskiljs i norr från Karibiska havet av en förkastning. På övriga sidor gränsar den mot Andernas två förgreningar: Sierra de Perijá i väst och Cordillera de Mérida i syd och öst. Staden Maracaibo ligger i norra delen av sänkan vid det sund som förbinder Maracaibosjön med Venezuelabukten. Olja upptäcktes i Maracaibosänkans östra delar vid staden 1914 och gjorde snart Venezuela till den största oljeexportören fram till 1970-talet. (sv)
  • La Región del lago de Maracaibo abarca al cuerpo de agua homónimo en el occidente de Venezuela. La misma forma parte de las 9 regiones naturales apreciables en el país. Está formada por una bahía con una entrada muy angosta; que es el lago más grande de Suramérica. Con variedad de paisajes: al oeste predominan tierras planas, ondulosas y accidentadas. En el extremo occidental existe un paisaje con relieve ondulado y otro abrupto y montañoso en la serranía de Perijá. Al sur están las planicies de depósitos aluviales sobre la depresión ocasionada por el levantamiento orográfico andino con topografía muy plana, llanuras de explayamiento, cubetas de deposición y áreas cenagosas. La convergencia climática causa el Relámpago del Catatumbo que se observa en las noches al suroeste del lago. Las is (es)
  • The Maracaibo Basin, also known as Lake Maracaibo natural region, Lake Maracaibo depression or Lake Maracaibo Lowlands, is a foreland basin and one of the eight natural regions of Venezuela, found in the northwestern corner of Venezuela in South America. Covering over 36,657 square km, it is a hydrocarbon-rich region that has produced over 30 billion bbl of oil with an estimated 44 billion bbl yet to be recovered. The basin is characterized by a large shallow tidal estuary, Lake Maracaibo, located near its center. The Maracaibo basin has a complex tectonic history that dates back to the Jurassic period with multiple evolution stages. Despite its complexity, these major tectonic stages are well preserved within its stratigraphy. This makes The Maracaibo basin one of the most valuable basins (en)
  •  Нефтегазоносный бассейн Маракайбо — нефтегазоносный бассейн в Южной Америке на территории Венесуэлы. Приурочен к межгорной впадине, заключённой между двумя ветвями горного сооружения Восточной Кордильеры: на западе Серра-де-Периха, на юге и юго-востоке Серра-де-Мерида и примыкающая к ней на северо-востоке складчатая система Фалькон-Лара. Нефтегазоносный бассейн разделяется на две впадины: северную — на месте Венесуэльского залива и южную, с Маракайбской лагуной в средней части. Нефтеносные отложения — верхнего и нижнего мела, а также эоцена — миоцена — олигоцена и плиоцена. (ru)
name
  • Maracaibo Basin (en)
geo:lat
geo:long
foaf:depiction
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caribbean_plate_tectonics-en.png
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Catatumbo_Lightning_-_Rayo_del_Catatumbo_(24335489591).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RegionNatural_DepresionLagoMaracaibo.png
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/South_American_plates.png
dcterms:subject
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
sameAs
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
Faceted Search & Find service v1.17_git139 as of Feb 29 2024


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 08.03.3330 as of Mar 19 2024, on Linux (x86_64-generic-linux-glibc212), Single-Server Edition (62 GB total memory, 60 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software