The appearance of potential sealing faults on borehole images

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 147, Issue , 1998, Pages 71-86

  Adams, J T ^a   Dart, C ^b,c  

^a Campus 2   (United Kingdom)

^b Z and S Geoscience   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

FAULT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; WELL LOGGING;

MARTES PENNANTI; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0032296674     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.147.01.05     Document Type: Article

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