Late to Middle Jurassic source facies and quality variations, South Viking Graben, North Sea

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-268

  Justwan, Holger ^a   Dahl, B ^a   Isaksen, G H ^b   Meisingset, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Aker Kvaerner   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; PARAFFINS; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

AROMATIC FRACTIONS; GAS-PRONE TYPE II MATERIAL; MOLECULAR PARAMETERS; ROCK QUALITY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

FACIES ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; VIKING GRABEN; WORLD;

CALLUNA;

EID: 23344442293     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2005.tb00082.x     Document Type: Article

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