Upper jurassic reservoir sandstones in the Danish Central Graben: New insights on distribution and depositional environments

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 127-143

  Johannessen, P N ^a   Dybkjaer K ^a   Andersen, C ^a   Kristensen, L ^a   Hovikoski, J ^a   Vosgerau, H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Basin development; Biostratigraphy; Danish central Graben; North Sea; PalaeogeographyUpper jurassic; Reservoir sandstones; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052545424     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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