Mixed deep- and shallow-water depositional model for the Forties Sandstone Member in the South Central Graben, North Sea

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-233

  Dreyer, Tom ^a   Bujak, Jonathan ^b   Brunstad, Harald ^a,c   Ramberg, Jørn ^a   Søyseth, Lisbeth ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Albion House   (United Kingdom)

^c RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAPIR; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; SUBMARINE FAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL GRABEN; EAST SHETLAND BASIN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 33746380099     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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