Modelling of a Caledonian foreland basin in Sweden: Petrophysical constraints

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-413

  Middleton, M F ^a   Tullborg, E L ^a   Larson, S A ^a   Bjorklund L ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Foreland basin; Modelling; Sweden

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LANDFORMS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEDIMENTS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CALEDONIAN FORELAND BASIN; ELASTIC LITHOSPHERE; FLEXURAL SUBSIDENCE MODEL; PETROPHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SWEDEN; THERMAL MODEL;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CALEDONIAN; FORELAND BASIN; LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0029667785     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(95)00087-9     Document Type: Article

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