Subsalt (pre-Jurassic) exploration play in the northern Lusitanian basin of Portugal

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 699-714

  Uphoff, Thomas L ^a  

^a Mohave Oil and Gas Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; SHALE;

GAS CHARGE; LUSITANIAN BASIN, PORTUGAL; PALEOZOIC ROCKS; SILVES FORMATION;

CATCHMENTS;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 20644463016     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02020504090     Document Type: Article

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