Implications of fault scarp degradation for Brent Group prospectivity, Ninian field, Northern North Sea

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 999-1022

  Underhill, J R ^a   Sawyer, M J ^b   Hodgson, P ^b   Shallcross, M D ^b   Gawthorpe, R L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Chevron (UK) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

FAULT SCARP DEGRADATION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DEGRADATION; EROSION; FAULT SCARP; FAULT SCARPS; FOOTWALL DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL TRAP;

NORTH SEA, NINIAN FIELD;

EID: 0031158704     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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