Implications of outcrop geology for reservoirs in the neogene productive series: Apsheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-49

  Reynolds, A D ^a   Simmons, M D ^b   Bowman, M B J ^a   Henton, J ^a   Brayshaw, A C ^a   Ali Zade, A A ^c   Guliyev, I S ^c   Suleymanova, S F ^c   Ateava, E Z ^c   Mamedova, D N ^c   Koshkarly, R O ^c  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

DELTAIC RESERVOIRS; OUTCROP GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY LOGGING;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

EID: 0031647879     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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