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Integrating Salt Kinematics and Diagenesis in a Tight Gas Field: A Case Study from the Upper Rotliegend in East Frisia

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In this chapter, a sequential retro-deformation of the tectonic history of an Upper Rotliegend II tight gas field in NW Germany (Fig. 6.1), and its linkage to sequential phases of diagenetic processes is presented.

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Vackiner, A.A. (2013). Integrating Salt Kinematics and Diagenesis in a Tight Gas Field: A Case Study from the Upper Rotliegend in East Frisia. In: Sedimentary Facies Reconstruction and Kinematic Restoration of Tight Gas Fields. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36047-3_6

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