The significance of the Etive Formation in the development of the Brent system: Distinction of normal and forced regressions

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 172, Issue , 2000, Pages 91-112

  Olsen, Tina R ^a,b   Steel, Ron J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0034115379     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.172.01.05     Document Type: Article

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