Fluid inclusion constraints on conditions and timing of hydrocarbon migration and quartz cementation in Brent Group reservoir sandstones, Columba Terrace, northern North Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 144, Issue , 1998, Pages 69-89

  Wilkinson, J J ^a   Lonergan, L ^a   Fairs, T ^b   Herrington, R J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Chevron UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0032311260     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.06     Document Type: Article

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