Frontier Exploration in the South Atlantic: Structural Prospectivity hi the North Falkland Basin

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 778-797

  Thomson, Ken ^a,b   Underbills, John R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFT; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PROSPECTIVITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EXPLORATORY OIL WELL DRILLING;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

EID: 0033509650     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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