An integrated mapping approach to petroleum exploration on the Pratt Anticline, Pratt County, Kansas

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-86

  Merriam, Daniel F ^a   Herzfeld, Ute C ^b,c   Fuhr, Beth A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d Pentail Petroleum Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebraic map comparison technique; Coincidence of similarity; Favorability maps; Geologic properties; Midcontinent (USA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005308337     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021685712467     Document Type: Review

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