Structural geology of the Huldra Field, northern North Sea-a major tilted fault block at the eastern edge of the Horda Platform

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1105-1118

  Fossen, Haakon ^a   Hesthammer, Jonny ^a   Skeie Johansen, Tord Erlend ^a   Sygnabere, Trond Olav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Huldra field; Marginal collapse; North sea; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; SEISMOLOGY;

DEFORMATION BANDS; RIFTING PHASE;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BLOCK ROTATION; FAULT SLIP; GAS FLOW; GRABEN; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HULDRA FIELD; NORTH SEA;

EID: 1142281981     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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