Wire-line log-based stratigraphy of flood basalts from the Lopra-1/1A well, Faroe Islands

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 9, 2006, Pages 7-22

  Boldreel, Lars O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Faroe Islands; Faroese basalt lithology; Flood basalt petrophysics; Flood basalts; Lopra 1 1A well; North Atlantic; Wire line logs

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LOGGING; FLOOD BASALT; LITHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

EID: 33748455048     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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