Origin, chemistry and flow of formation waters in the Mississippian-Jurassic sedimentary succession in the west-central part of the Alberta Basin, Canada

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 289-306

  Michael, Karsten ^a   Bachu, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta Basin; Flow; Formation waters; Hydrochemistry

Indexed keywords

FORMATION WATERS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; GRAVITATION; MIXING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; FLUID FLOW; FORMATION WATER; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

CANADA;

EID: 0036492589     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(02)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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