Helvetiafjellet formation (Barremian-Aptian), Spitsbergen: Characteristics of a transgressive succession

Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publications

Volumn 5, Issue C, 1995, Pages 571-593

  Gjelberg, John ^a   Steel, Ron J ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 1542371514     PISSN: 09288937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8937(06)80087-1     Document Type: Article

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