Sedimentological aspects of the Humber Group (Upper Jurassic) of the South Central Graben, UK North Sea

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-114

  Howell, John A ^a   Flint, Stephen S ^a   Hunt, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTS; HUMBER GROUP; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; RIFTING; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; SEDIMENTARY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALLOW MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

NORTH SEA, CENTRAL GRABEN; NORTH SEA, SOUTH CENTRAL GRABEN;

EID: 0029751221     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1996.tb01462.x     Document Type: Article

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