Palaeo-carbonate seep structures above an oil reservoir, Gryphon Field, Tertiary, North Sea

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 323-339

  Mazzini, Adriano ^a   Duranti, D ^a   Jonk, R ^a   Parnell, J ^a   Cronin, B T ^a   Hurst, A ^a   Quine, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Ninian House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TERTIARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GRYPHON FIELD; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0942291451     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-003-0145-y     Document Type: Article

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