Risking basin analysis results

Energy Exploration and Exploitation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-164

  Lerche, I ^a   Rocha Legoretta, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FRACTURE; KEROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BASIN ANALYSIS CODE; BURIAL HISTORY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MIGRATION LOSS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 0141746316     PISSN: 01445987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/014459803322362459     Document Type: Article

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