Integrated Palaeogene palaeobathymetry of the northern North Sea

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-132

  Kjennerud, Tomas ^a   Gillmore, Gavin K ^b  

^a SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Northern North Sea; Palaeobathymetry; Palaeogene

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; BATHYMETRY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOGENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0037530166     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079302-510     Document Type: Article

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