The use of spectral natural gamma-ray analysis in reservoir evaluation of siliciclastic sediments: A case study from the Middle Jurassic of the Harald Field, Danish Central Graben

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 349-366

  Fabricius, Ida L ^a   Fazladic, Louise Dahlerup ^a   Steinholm, Armgard ^a   Korsbech, Uffe ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Danish Central Graben; Gamma ray spectometry; Geochemistry; Middle Jurassic; Mineralogy; North Sea; Sandstone reservoir

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; RESERVOIR ROCK; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DANISH CENTRAL TROUGH; NORTH SEA;

EID: 1842678365     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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