Post-breakup compression of a passive margin and its impact on hydrocarbon prospectivity: An example from the Tertiary of the Faeroe-Shetland basin, United Kingdom

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Davies, Richard ^a   Cloke, Ian ^b   Cartwright, Joe ^a   Robinson, Andrew ^a   Ferrero, Charles ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c ABN AMRO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COMPACTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTS;

BASIN FLOORS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

BASIN EVOLUTION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; TERTIARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL;

EID: 0742305672     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/09030303008     Document Type: Article

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