Play fairways of the Gulf of Guinea transform margin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 207, Issue , 2003, Pages 131-150

  MacGregor, D S ^a   Robinson, J ^a   Spear, G ^a  

^a PGS Thames House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; TRANSFORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA;

ALBIA;

EID: 0141563437     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.207.7     Document Type: Article

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