Evaluation of undiscovered natural gas in the Upper Cretaceous Ferron Coal/Wasatch Plateau Total Petroleum System, Wasatch Plateau and Castle Valley, Utah

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 3-37

  Henry, Mitchell E ^a   Finn, Thomas M ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalbed gas; Ferron Sandstone; Wasatch Plateau

Indexed keywords

COAL; CRUDE PETROLEUM; NATURAL GAS; SANDSTONE; WELL DRILLING;

FAULTING INTENSITY;

GEOLOGY;

COALBED METHANE; CRETACEOUS; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM; SANDSTONE;

CASTLE VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASATCH PLATEAU;

EID: 0346403155     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(03)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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