UK data and analysis for shale gas prospectivity

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 1087-1098

  Smith, N ^a   Turner, P ^a   Williams, G ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas; Maturity; Shale; Source rock and reservoir; Thickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052546379     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0071087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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