Fault and fracture characteristics of a major fault zone in the northern North Sea: analysis of 3D seismic and oriented cores in the Brage Field (Block 31/4)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 127, Issue , 1998, Pages 209-229

  Aarland, R K ^a,b,c   Skjerven, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c Esso Norge AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE LOGGING; FAULT GEOMETRY; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEISMIC METHOD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0032451174     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.127.01.15     Document Type: Article

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