Distribution of field sizes in a petroleum system: Parabolic fractal, lognormal or stretched exponential?

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 539-546

  Laherrere, Jean ^a  

^a 107 Rue Louis Bleriot ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Field size distribution; Gulf of Mexico; Niger delta; Saharan Triassic

Indexed keywords

FIELD SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FRACTALS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; OIL FIELD; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA; GULF OF MEXICO; NIGERIA;

EID: 0034046472     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(00)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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