Petroleum hydrogeology of the Cooper and Eromanga basins, Australia: Some insights from mathematical modeling and fluid inclusion data

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 577-603

  Toupin, D ^a   Eadington, P J ^b   Person, M ^c   Morin, P ^a   Wieck, J ^d   Warner, D ^e  

^a CSIRO Div of Petroleum Exploration ^*  (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc   (United States)

^e Santos Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

FLUID INCLUSION; GEOLOGIC FENCE DIAGRAMS; THERMAL ANOMALIES; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; PALEOHYDROLOGY;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, COOPER BASIN; AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, EROMANGA BASIN; AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, COOPER BASIN;

EID: 0031126623     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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