North American impact structures hold giant field potential

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 69-83

  Donofrio, Richard R ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a Parwest Land Exploration Inc ^*

^b American Ultramar Ltd   (United States)

^c Astro Geological Resources Inc   (United States)

^d US Department of Energy   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^g Inst Explor Devmt Geosci at OU   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY OIL WELL DRILLING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLOGY; TECTONICS;

ASTROBLEMES; IMPACT STRUCTURES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

IMPACT STRUCTURE; METEORITE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0032507818     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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