The role of evaporite mobility in modifying subsidence patterns during normal fault growth and linkage, Halten Terrace, Mid-Norway

Basin Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-223

  Richardson, Nick J ^a,b   Underhill, John R ^a   Lewis, Gavin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ChevronTexaco Norge   (Norway)

^d CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; SUBSIDENCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; HALTENBANKEN; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 20844440378     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2005.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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