Ordos basin gas reservoir outcrop analogs: Permian braided fluvial sandstone of the Zhuozi Shan and Helan Shan, China

International Geology Review

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 573-584

  Ritts, Bradley D ^a   Keele, Dustin ^b   Darby, Brian J ^c   Liu, Shaofeng ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MUDSTONE; NATURAL GAS; PERMIAN; SANDSTONE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HELAN MOUNTAINS; NEI MONGGOL; ORDOS BASIN; ZHUOZI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33746708690     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.48.7.573     Document Type: Article

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