Variation in thermal history styles around the Irish Sea and adjacent areas: Implications for hydrocarbon occurrence and tectonic evolution

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 124, Issue , 1997, Pages 73-93

  Green, Paul F ^a   Duddy, Ian R ^a   Bray, Richard J ^a  

^a Pty Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 0346541590     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.06     Document Type: Article

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