EPR and magnetic susceptibility studies in well samples from some Venezuelan oil fields

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part A: Solid Earth and Geodesy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 447-453

  Díaz, Marisel ^a,d   Aldana, M ^b   Costanzo Alvarez, V ^b   Silva, P ^a   Perez A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^d Centro de Física   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; OIL FIELD;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0033861958     PISSN: 14641895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1895(00)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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