The petroleum potential of the silurian succession in Lithuania

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-337

  Zdanaviciute, O ^a   Lazauskiene, J ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Baltic Depression; Kudirka field; Lithuania; Patch reefs non structural traps; Reefal build ups; Silurian; Source rocks

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; LITHOLOGY; OIL FIELDS; STRATIGRAPHY;

PATCH REEF; REEFAL BUILD-UP; SOURCE ROCK;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; OIL FIELD; SILURIAN; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34948880749     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: 17475457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2007.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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