Permo-Triassic and Jurassic extension in the northern North Sea: Results from tectonostratigraphic forward modelling

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 167, Issue , 2000, Pages 83-103

  Odinsen, Tore ^a,d   Reemst, Paul ^b,e   Van Der Beek, Peter ^b,f   Faleide, Jan Inge ^c   Gabrielsen, Roy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

^e Geologica AS   (Norway)

^f UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; JURASSIC; PERMIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0034036990     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.167.01.05     Document Type: Article

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