A multidisciplinary, statistical approach to study the relationships between helium leakage and neotectonic activity in a gas province: The Vasto basin, Abruzzo-Molise (central Italy)

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-372

  Ciotoli, Giancarlo ^a   Lombardi, Salvatore ^a   Morandi, Sergio ^b   Zarlenga, Francesco ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Enterprise Oil Company   (Italy)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HELIUM; MAPS; MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DRAINAGE NETWORKS; SOIL-GAS DISTRIBUTIONS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CLAY; HELIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NEOTECTONICS; SOIL GAS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VASTO BASIN;

EID: 1642374101     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/10210303001     Document Type: Article

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