Large-scale hydrocarbon-driven sand injection in the Paleogene of the North Sea

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 327-335

  Duranti, Davide ^a   Mazzini, Adriano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonates; Deep water reservoirs; Hydrocarbon seepage; Injected sandstones; North Sea; Paleogene

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; DEEP WATER RESERVOIRS; HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE; INJECTED SANDSTONES; PALEOGENE;

CARBONATE MINERALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; PETROGRAPHY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SEEPAGE;

GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOGENE; SANDSTONE; SEEPAGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 27744506095     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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