Unravelling complex filling histories by constraining the timing of events which modify oil fields after initial charge

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 144, Issue , 1998, Pages 189-203

  Lisk, M ^a   Eadington, P J ^a   O'Brien, G W ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

EID: 0032311475     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.15     Document Type: Article

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