The variability of turbidite sandbody pinchout and its impact on hydrocarbon recovery in stratigraphically trapped fields

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 254, Issue , 2006, Pages 267-287

  Gardiner, Andy R ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SAND; STRATIGRAPHY; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE); TURBIDITE;

EID: 33646564391     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.254.01.14     Document Type: Article

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