The impact of conjugate margins analysis on play fairway evaluation - An analysis of the hydrocarbon potential of Nova Scotia

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Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-72

  Luheshi, Matt ^a   Roberts, David G ^a,b   Nunn, Keith ^a   Makris, Jannis ^c   Colletta, Bernard ^d   Wilson, Hamish ^a   Monnier, Frederic ^d   Rabary, Guillaume ^d   Dubille, Matthieu ^d  

^a RPS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GeoPro GmbH   (Germany)

^d BEICIP FRANLAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA INTERPRETATION; FRACTURE ZONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SOURCE ROCK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); CANADA; MOROCCO; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 84856046893     PISSN: 02635046     EISSN: 13652397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1365-2397.2011037     Document Type: Article

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