Sequence stratigraphy of upper Jurassic reservoir sandstones in the northern part of the Danish Central Trough, North Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 755-770

  Johannessen, Peter N ^a   Dybkjær, Karen ^a   Rasmussen, Erik S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Late Jurassic; North Sea; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

EUSTACY; PALYNOFACIES ANALYSES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACT;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

JURASSIC; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH SEA, DANISH CENTRAL TROUGH;

EID: 0030293762     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(96)00024-4     Document Type: Article

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