An assessment of Irish offshore basins and petroleum plays

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-152

  Shannon, P M ^a   Naylor, D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM PLAYS; STRATIGRAPHIC TRAPS; STRUCTURAL TRAPS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0032052411     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.1998.tb00651.x     Document Type: Article

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