Organic geochemistry of cap-rock hydrocarbons, snorre field, norwegian north sea

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 67, 1997, Pages 115-134

  Leith, T L ^a,b   Fallick, A E ^a,b  

^a SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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