Groundwater flow beneath Mt Taranaki, New Zealand, and implications for oil and gas migration

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-149

  Allis, Rick G ^a   Zhan, Xiaoyong ^a   Evans, Craig ^b   Kroopnick, Peter ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b Taranaki Regional Council   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Migration; Modelling; Oil; Taranaki

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; MODELLING; VOLCANO;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, TARANAKI, MOUNT TARANAKI;

EID: 0031448871     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1997.9514748     Document Type: Article

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