Seal capacity estimation from subsurface pore pressures

Basin Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 583-599

  Nordgård Bolås, Hege M ^a   Hermanrud, Christian ^a   Teige, Gunn M G ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PORE PRESSURE;

EID: 33745204617     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2005.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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