Geothermal history and petroleum generation in the Norwegian South Viking Graben revealed by pseudo-3D basin modelling

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 791-819

  Justwan, H ^a   Meisingset, I ^b   Dahl, B ^a   Isaksen, G H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Aker Kvaerner   (Norway)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin modelling; North Sea; Petroleum systems; South Viking Graben

Indexed keywords

BASIN MODELLING; GENERATION-ACCUMULATION EFFICIENCIES; HYDROCARBON EXPULSION; SOUTH VIKING GRABEN;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

BASIN ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; SOURCE ROCK; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; VIKING GRABEN;

CALLUNA;

EID: 33750467981     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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