Prospectivity of volcanic basins: Trap delineation and acreage de-risking

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 915-939

  Rohrman, Max ^a  

^a Shell Exploration and Production   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

SUB-BASALT EXPLORATION; TRAP DELINEATION; VOLCANIC BASINS;

BASALT;

ANTICLINE; BASALT; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; POROSITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SILL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34347332437     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/12150606017     Document Type: Article

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