Influence of different probability based models on oil prospect exploration decision making: A case from southern Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-317

  Salleh, Siti Hajar ^a   Rosales, Eduardo ^b   Flores de la Mota, Idalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Oil exploration; Probability; Probability tree; Risk; Southern Mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849110651     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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