The Carboniferous of western Europe: The development of a petroleum system

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-115

  Maynard, James R ^a   Hofmann, Wolf ^b   Dunay, Robert E ^a   Bentham, Pete N ^b   Dean, Kevin P ^a   Watson, Ian ^c  

^a Mobil North Sea Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Mobil Erdgas Erdöl GmbH   (Germany)

^c Mobil North Sea Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Europe; Palaeogeography; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; HYDROCARBON; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031457676     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.3.2.97     Document Type: Article

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