Interactions between Topography and Channel Development from 3D Seismic Analysis: An Example from the Tertiary of the Flett Ridge, Faroe-Shetland Basin, UK

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-82

  Robinson, Andrew M ^a   Cartwright, Joseph A ^a   Burgess, Peter M ^b   Davies, Richard J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

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EID: 14844290968     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2004.029.01.08     Document Type: Article

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