Volgian-Ryazanian 'hot shales' of the Bo Member (Farsund Formation) in the Danish Central Graben, North Sea: Stratigraphy, facies and geochemistry

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 403-436

  Ineson, Jon R ^a   Bojesen Koefoed, Jørgen A ^a   Dybkjær, Karen ^a   Nielsen, Lars H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Danish Central Graben; Depositional processes; Geochemistry; Marine source rock; North Sea; Organic rich mudstones; Volgian Ryazanian

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; MUDSTONE; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DANISH CENTRAL TROUGH; NORTH SEA;

EID: 1842728570     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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