Controls on the distribution of non-hydrocarbon gases in the Alberta Basin

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 573-593

  Hutcheon, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0033504967     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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