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Natural Resources Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-152

  Kaufman, Gordon M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation; Undiscovered oil and gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644440303     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-005-8073-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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