Overpressure models for clastic rocks, their relation to hydrocarbon expulsion: A critical reevaluation

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 70, 1998, Pages 35-63

  Burrus, Jean ^a,b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b BEICIP FRANLAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC ROCK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OVERPRESSURE;

EID: 0032451866     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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