Current distribution of oil and gas fields in the Zagros Fold Belt of Iran and contiguous offshore as the result of the petroleum systems

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 330, Issue , 2010, Pages 291-353

  Bordenave, M L ^a   Hegre, J A ^b  

^a MouvOil SA   (France)

^b GDF SUEZ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLD BELT; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OIL FIELD; SOURCE ROCK;

ZAGROS;

EID: 77956053179     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP330.14     Document Type: Article

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