Dry creek salt dome, Mississippi interior Salt basin

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 351-366

  Montgomery, Scott L ^a,c,d   Ericksen, Rick L ^b,e  

^a Mississippi Office of Geology ^*

^b Mississippi Office of Geology   (United States)

^c KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

SALT DOME FLANKS;

SALT DEPOSITS;

CRETACEOUS; DRILLING; HYDROCARBON RESOURCES; SALT DOME;

USA, MISSISSIPPI INTERIOR SALT BASIN;

EID: 0031104458     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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