Distribution of subsurface hydrocarbon seepage in near-surface marine sediments

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 66, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Abrams, Michael A ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

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