Modelling the effects of transient overpressure on the petroleum systems of the UK North East Atlantic Margin and northern North Sea areas: Implications for the deep water South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 1247-1265

  Scotchman, I C ^a   Carr, A D ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b ADVANCED GEOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic margin; Basin modelling; Faroe Shetland basin; Heat flow; Kimmeridge clay; North Viking Graben; Overpressure; Petroleum system

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749106435     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0061247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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