Modelling the hydrocarbon generation and migration in the West Netherlands Basin, the Netherlands

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-44

  Van Balen, R T ^a   Van Bergen, F ^a   De Leeuw, C ^a   Pagnier, H ^a   Simmelink, H ^a   Van Wees, J D ^a   Verweij, J M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon generation and migration modelling; North Sea Basin; Rijswijk oil province; Subsidence modelling; West Netherlands Basin

Indexed keywords

GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; NAMURIAN; OIL FIELD; SOURCE ROCK;

NETHERLANDS; WEST NETHERLANDS BASIN;

EID: 0033949691     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600021557     Document Type: Article

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