Impact origin of the Newporte structure, Williston basin, North Dakota

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 721-730

  Forsman, Nels F ^a,b,d   Gerlach, Timothy R ^b   Anderson, Neil L ^c,e,f,g  

^a University of North Dakota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of North Dakota ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; IMPACT CRATER; SEISMIC DATA; WELL LOG DATA;

USA, NORTH DAKOTA, WILLISTAN BASIN, NEWPORTE STRUCTURE;

MAPS; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL LOGGING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

IMPACT ORIGIN; ISOPACH MAPS; NEWPORTE FIELD; WILLISTON BASIN;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 0029667869     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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