A method for including the capillary properties of faults in hydrocarbon migration models

Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publications

Volumn 11, Issue C, 2002, Pages 127-139

  Childs, C ^a   Sylta, O ^a   Moriya, S ^a   Walsh, J J ^a   Manzocchi, T ^a  

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EID: 77957048603     PISSN: 09288937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8937(02)80011-X     Document Type: Article

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