Upper Ordovician carbonate mounds on Gotland, central Baltic Sea: Distribution, composition and reservoir characteristics

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-140

  Sivhed, U ^a   Erlstrom M ^a   Bojesen Koefoed, J A ^b   Lofgren A ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; OIL SHALE; OIL WELL COMPLETION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

MARINE REGRESSION; UPPER ORDOVICIAN CARBONATE MOUNDS;

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

CARBONATE ROCK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ORDOVICIAN; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 2342443858     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2004.tb00049.x     Document Type: Article

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