Forward depositional modelling of the Cretaceous post-rift deposits in the northern North Sea

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 169-178

  Øvrebø, Lena K ^a,d   Kjennerud, Tomas ^b   Lippard, Stephen J ^a   Rivenæs, Jan C ^c   Hamborg, Martin ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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