From spit system to tide-dominated delta: Integrated reservoir model of the upper Jurassic Sognefjord formation on the Troll West Field

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 423-448

  Dreyer, T ^a   Whitaker, M ^a   Dexter, J ^a   Flesche, H ^a   Larsen, E ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

North Sea; Sedimentology; Seismic interpretation; Sequence stratigraphy; Sognefjord Formation; Troll Field

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052542363     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0060423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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