Reservoir implications of modern karst topography

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1774-1794

  Purdy, Edward G ^a   Waltham, Dave ^b  

^a Petroquest International Inc   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARST LANDFORMS;

CARBONATE MINERALS; FRACTURE; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; KARST; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

CHINA; INDONESIA; JAMAICA;

EID: 0033493528     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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