Migration pathways in the Central North Slope foreland basin, Alaska USA: Solute and thermal constraints on fluid flow simulations

Basin Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-416

  Nunn, Jeffrey A ^a   Manor, Jeffrey S ^a   Lee, Youngmin ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; FORELAND BASIN; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144480213     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2005.00272.x     Document Type: Review

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