Depositional evolution of the Finnmark carbonate platform, Barents Sea: results from wells 7128/6-1 and 7128/4-1

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-224

  Ehrenberg, Stephen N ^a   Nielsen, Erik B ^b   Svånå, Tore A ^a   Stemmerik, Lars ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONIFEROUS; EUSTACY; PERMIAN; SEA LEVEL; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0032440966     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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