Hydrocarbon exploration opportunities in the twenty-first century in the United Kingdom

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 74, Issue , 2001, Pages 167-199

  Brooks, J R V ^a,c   Stoker, S J ^b   Cameron, T D J ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Trade and Industry ^*  (United Kingdom)

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