Effect of Zechstein Supergroup (Z1 cycle) Werrahalit pods on prospectivity in the southern North Sea

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 827-851

  Underhill, John R ^a   Hunter, Kirsten L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MINERALS; DEPOSITION; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CROSS SECTIONAL PROFILES; DIFFERENTIAL VELOCITY; DIRECT CALIBRATION; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUME;

OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS;

GAS FIELD; HALITE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ZECHSTEIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 49049112019     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02270807064     Document Type: Article

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