Structural evolution of minibasins on the Utsira High, northern North Sea; implications for Jurassic sediment dispersal and reservoir distribution

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-120

  Jackson, Christopher A L ^a   Kane, Karla E ^a,b   Larsen, Eirik ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c Rocksource ASA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Minibasin; Salt tectonics; South Viking Graben; Utsira High; Zechstein Supergroup

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; DIAPIRISM; EVAPORITES; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; JURASSIC; JURASSIC SEDIMENTS; NORTH SEA; PARTIAL DISSOLUTION; RESERVOIR DISTRIBUTION; RIFT SYSTEMS; SALT TECTONICS; SEDIMENT LOADING; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC; UPPER PERMIAN; WELL DATA;

BIOLOGY; DISSOLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BASIN EVOLUTION; BATHYMETRY; DIAPIRISM; DISSOLUTION; JURASSIC; RESERVOIR; SALT TECTONICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 77953194453     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-011     Document Type: Article

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