Evaluating the petroleum systems of the northern deep Gulf of Mexico through integrated basin analysis: an overview

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 5 B, 1998, Pages 865-877

  Weimer, Paul ^a   Rowan, Mark G ^a   McBride, Barry C ^a,b   Kligfield, Roy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HS Resources Inc   (United States)

^c SignalSoft Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED BASIN ANALYSIS;

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PETROLEUM SYSTEM;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0032075910     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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