Upper Cainozoic stratigraphy in the central North Sea (Ekofisk and Sleipner fields)

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-127

  Eidvin, Tor ^a   Riis, Fridtjof ^a   Rundberg, Yngve ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^b Saga Petroleum ASA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; FORAMINIFERA; STRATIGRAPHY;

EKOFISK FIELD; NORTH SEA; SLEIPNER FIELD;

EID: 0032725205     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002919699433843     Document Type: Article

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