Hydrocarbon flow modeling in complex structures (Mackenzie Basin, Canada)

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1209-1234

  Kroeger, Karsten F ^a   Di Primio, Rolando ^b   Horsfield, Brian ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

COMPLEX STRUCTURE; GAS ACCUMULATION; HYDROCARBON FLOW; OIL ACCUMULATION; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

HYDROCARBONS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; EOCENE; FLOW MODELING; HYDROCARBON; LISTRIC FAULT; MIOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCENE; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOURCE ROCK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRALASIA; MACKENZIE BASIN; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 70349850553     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/05220908141     Document Type: Article

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