U.S. department of the interior U.S. geological survey: Fractal lognormal percentage analysis of the U.S. geological survey's 1995 national assessment of conventional oil and gas resources

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-51

  Crovelli, Robert A ^a   Schmoker, James W ^a   Balay, Richard H ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Fractal; Lognormal; Petroleum; United states

Indexed keywords

EID: 6444234920     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02816924     Document Type: Article

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