Quantification of exhumation in the Eromanga Basin and its implications for hydrocarbon exploration

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-92

  Mavromatidis, Angelos ^a   Hillis, Richard ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compaction; Eromanga Basin; Reservoir porosity; Source rock maturity; Velocity

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

EID: 14844340955     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079304-621     Document Type: Article

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