Conceptual modeling of onshore hydrocarbon seep occurrence in the Dezful Embayment, SW Iran

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-120

  Salati, Sanaz ^a,b   van Ruitenbeek, Frank J A ^a   Carranza, Emmanuel John M ^a,c   van der Meer, Freek D ^a   Tangestani, Majid H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Onshore hydrocarbon seeps; Spatial analysis; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONCEPTUAL MODELING; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; HYDROCARBON SEEPS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ASSOCIATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERN ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

FRACTURE; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

HYDROCARBONS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON SEEP; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

DEZFUL EMBAYMENT; IRAN;

EID: 84876732297     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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