The Ardross Reservoir Gridblock Analog: Sedimentology, Statistical Representivity, and Flow Upscaling

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 71, 1998, Pages 265-276

  Ringrose, Philip ^a,b   Pickup, Gillian ^a   Jensen, Jerry ^a,c   Forrester, Margaret ^a,d  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c Texas AandM University   (United States)

^d Edinburgh Petroleum Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000684330     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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