The Deer Lake Basin, Newfoundland: Structural constraints from new seismic data

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 674-682

  Wright, James A ^a   Hoffe, Brian H ^a   Langdon, George S ^a   Quinlan, Garry M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FLOWER STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC SURVEY; THERMAL MATURITY;

CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND, DEER LAKE BASIN;

EID: 0030427641     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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