Analysis of the pre-tertiary rifting history of the Rockall Trough

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-360

  Musgrove, F W ^a   Mitchener, B ^b  

^a Mobil North Sea Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Faroe Shetland Basin; Rifting; Rockall Trough

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

EID: 0030438905     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.2.4.353     Document Type: Article

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