Role of the Kazerun fault for localizing oil seepage in the Zagros Mountain, Iran: An application of GiT

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Safari, Hojjat Ollah ^a   Pirasteh, Saeid ^b,c   Mansor, Shattri Bin ^b  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL WELL FLOODING; REMOTE SENSING; SEEPAGE;

FIELD INVESTIGATION; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; HYDROCARBON SOURCES; OIL EXPLORATION; RESERVOIR ROCK; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES; TECTONIC ACTIVITY;

FAULTING;

FAULT ZONE; GIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OIL FIELD; OIL SEEP; OUTCROP; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIR ROCK; SEEPAGE;

ZAGROS;

EID: 79551671877     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903413705     Document Type: Article

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