Fluid flow features in hydrocarbon plumbing systems: What do they tell us about the basin evolution?

Marine Geology

Volumn 332-334, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-108

  Andresen, Katrine Juul ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Basin analysis; Fluid flow features; Hydrocarbon plumbing systems; Lower Congo Basin; North Sea

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; CONGO BASINS; FLOW FEATURES; NORTH SEA; PLUMBING SYSTEMS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; PLUMBING; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

MAPPING;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FLUID FLOW; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; POCKMARK; SANDSTONE; BASIN ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; TECTONICS;

ANGOLA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONGO BASIN; DENMARK; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84870762492     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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