Use of integrated 3D seismic technology and sedimentology core analysis to resolve the sedimentary architecture of the paleocene succession of the North Sea

Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publications

Volumn 10, Issue C, 2001, Pages 407-419

  Cecchi, M ^a   Guargena, C ^b   Hansen, L ^b   Rhodes, D ^b   Roberts, A ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Enterprise Oil Norge   (Norway)

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EID: 2942518960     PISSN: 09288937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8937(01)80024-2     Document Type: Article

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