Cretaceous and tertiary inversion in the Bjørnøyrenna Fault Complex, south-western Barents Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-178

  Gabrielsen, Roy H ^a   Grunnaleite, Ivar ^a   Rasmussen, Eigil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Inversion; Strike slip

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; UNDERWATER PROBING;

FAULT COMPLEX;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; EXTENSION; INVERSION; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC INVERSION; TECTONICS; TERTIARY;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0031104045     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(96)00064-5     Document Type: Article

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