The geological evolution of Bjørnøya, Arctic Norway: Implications for the Barents Shelf

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-234

  Worsley, David ^a   Agdestein, Torleiv ^b   Gjelberg, John G ^a   Kirkemo, Knut ^a   Mørk, Atle ^c   Nilsson, Inger ^a   Olaussen, Snorre ^a,d   Steel, Ron J ^e   Stemmerik, Lars ^f  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Norsk Energi   (Norway)

^c SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Norsk Agip   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f Norsk Agip ^*  (Denmark)

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