Flow through fault systems in high-porosity sandstones

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 127, Issue , 1998, Pages 65-82

  Manzocchi, T ^a,b   Ringrose, P S ^a,c   Underhill, J R ^d  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SANDSTONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0032458626     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.127.01.06     Document Type: Article

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