Upper jurassic (Oxfordian) smackover carbonate petroleum system characterization and modeling, Mississippi interior salt basin area, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, USA

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-150

  Mancini, Ernest A ^a   Parcell, William C ^b   Puckett, T Markham ^a   Benson, D Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; RESERVOIR ROCK; SALT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0346640387     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03176234     Document Type: Article

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