Hydrocarbon migration in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland: Evidence from fluid inclusion studies

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-76

  Conliffe, J ^a   Blamey, N F ^b,c   Feely, M ^b   Parnell, J ^c   Ryder, A G ^d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; Fluorescence lifetime; Hydrocarbon migration; Porcupine basin

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; AQUEOUS INCLUSIONS; AUTHIGENIC; DIAGENETIC FLUIDS; DIAGENETICS; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID MIGRATION; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROCARBON FLUIDS; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON-BEARING FLUID INCLUSIONS; INTERGRANULAR; IRELAND; JURASSIC; LOW TEMPERATURES; NORTH ATLANTIC; PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; UV FLUORESCENCE;

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROCARBONS; INCLUSIONS; MINERALOGY; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FLUIDS;

CRETACEOUS; FLUID INCLUSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; JURASSIC; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PETROGRAPHY; SANDSTONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IRELAND; PORCUPINE BASIN;

EID: 77949400478     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-007     Document Type: Article

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