Seismic expressions of prograding carbonate bank margins: Middle Miocene, Maldives, Indian Ocean

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 81, 2005, Pages 267-290

  Belopolsky, Andrei V ^a,b   Droxler, André W ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

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HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

EID: 33645522172     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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