The exploration history and controls on hydrocarbon prospectivity in the Wessex basins, southern England, UK

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 133, Issue , 1998, Pages 19-37

  Buchanan, James G ^a,b  

^a Gas Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032311273     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.133.01.02     Document Type: Article

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