Cenozoic compressional structures on the NE Atlantic margin: Nature, origin and potential significance for hydrocarbon exploration

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-311

  Dore A G ^a   Lundin, E R ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Compression; Continental margin; North Atlantic; Ridge push

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIONAL TECTONICS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; FOLDING; RIDGE PUSH;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0030430761     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.2.4.299     Document Type: Article

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