A review of techniques used to determine geological and thermal history in the Southern North Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 141, Issue , 1998, Pages 117-136

  Archard, G ^a   Stafford, J ^b   Bardwell, K ^b   Bagge, M ^a  

^a GeoQuest Reservoir Technologies   (United Kingdom)

^b PGS Reservoir (UK) Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

NORTH SEA;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 0032448901     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.141.01.08     Document Type: Article

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