Syn-rift evolution and resulting play models in the Snorre-H area, northern North Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 167, Issue , 2000, Pages 179-218

  Nøttvedt, Arvid ^a,c   Berge, Anker M ^a   Dawers, Nancye H ^b   Færseth, Roald B ^a   Häger, Kjell O ^a   Mangerud, Gunn ^a   Puigdefabregas, Cai ^a,d  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Norsk Hydro Canada   (Canada)

^d CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; PLAY; RIFT ZONE; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0034033699     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.167.01.08     Document Type: Article

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