Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the middle-Upper Jurassic Krossfjord and Fensfjord formations, Troll Field, norther n North Sea

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-258

  Holgate, Nicholas E ^a   Jackson, Christopher A L ^a   Hampson, Gary J ^a   Dreyer, Tom ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TECTONIC INFLUENCE;

MODELS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITION;

CORE ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; KROSSFJORDEN; NORTH SEA; NORWAY; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TROLL FIELD;

CALLUNA;

EID: 84880806646     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo2012-039     Document Type: Article

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