Relationship between magnetic anomalies and hydrocarbon microseepage above the Jingbian gas field, Ordos basin, China

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-251

  Liu, Qingsheng ^a   Chan, Lungsang ^b   Liu, Qingsong ^c   Li, Haixia ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Zhang, Shuangxi ^b   Xia, Xianghua ^d   Cheng, Tongjin ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Institute of Petroleum Geochemistry   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; SOILS; TITANIUM;

HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE; MAGNETIC MINERALS;

NATURAL GAS FIELDS;

EXPLORATION; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MAGNETIC ANOMALY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ORDOS BASIN;

EID: 1342309683     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/09250303033     Document Type: Article

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