Structure, stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the SE Nam Con Son Basin, offshore Vietnam

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 126, Issue , 1997, Pages 89-106

  Matthews, S J ^a   Fraser, A J ^a   Lowe, S ^b   Todd, S P ^b   Peel, F J ^c  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0031545496     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.07     Document Type: Article

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