Upper Jurassic thrombolite reservoir play, northeastern Gulf of Mexico

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1573-1602

  Mancini, Ernest A ^a   Llinás, Juan Carlos ^a   Parcell, William C ^b   Aurell, Marc ^c   Bádenas, Beatriz ^c   Leinfelder, Reinhold R ^d   Benson, D Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; OIL FIELDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; WATER;

DOLOMITIZATION; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SUBBASINS; THROMBOLITE RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; THROMBOLITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 8644219639     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06210404017     Document Type: Article

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