The need to adapt the exploration model from the oil patch to contaminated-site characterization: A case from Hill AFB, Utah, USA

Leading Edge

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 750-756

  Bradford, John H ^a   Babcock, Esther ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; INFILL DRILLING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

CONTAMINATED SITES; EXPLORATION MODEL; EXPLORATION TARGETS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; OIL INDUSTRIES; SECOND PHASE; WORKING MODELS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

DRILLING; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MODEL; OIL INDUSTRY; OPTIMIZATION;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84880102744     PISSN: 1070485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/tle32070750.1     Document Type: Article

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