An unusual, muddy, epeiric carbonate reservoir: The Lower Muschelkalk (Middle Triassic) of the Netherlands

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-89

  Borkhataria, Ravi ^a,b   Aigner, Thomas ^a   Pipping, Koos J C P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Shell Exploration and Production International Centre   (Netherlands)

^c NEDERLANDSE AARDOLIE MAATSCHAPPIJ B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; TECTONICS;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; DOLOMUDSTONES; MUDDY CARBONATES;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE ROCK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; TRIASSIC;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE;

EID: 30744477501     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08030504124     Document Type: Article

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