Organic facies of the Middle Jurassic of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-92

  Vincent, Alastair J ^a   Tyson, Richard V ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hebrides; Middle Jurassic; Organic facies; Palynofacies; Scotland; Source rock

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; JURASSIC; ORGANIC MATTER; SOURCE ROCK;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033083185     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.5.1.83     Document Type: Article

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