Three-dimensional seismic characterisation of large-scale sandstone intrusions in the lower Palaeogene of the North Sea: completely injected vs. in situ remobilised sandbodies

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-532

  Szarawarska, Ewa ^a,e   Huuse, Mads ^a,f   Hurst, Andrew ^a   de Boer, Wytze ^b   Lu, Liwei ^c   Molyneux, Steven ^d   Rawlinson, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Marathon International Petroleum Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Ikonscience   (United Kingdom)

^d Oilexco   (Canada)

^e STATOIL   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEPOSITION; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; REMOBILIZATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL; NORTH SEA;

EID: 77955128526     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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