Cimmerian and alpine stratigraphy and structural evolution of the moesian platform (Romania/Bulgaria)

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 68, 1997, Pages 63-90

  Tari, Gabor ^a   Dicea, Oprea ^a   Faulkerson, Joe ^b   Georgiev, Georgi ^c   Popov, Svetlozar ^d   Stefanescu, Mihai ^e   Weir, Gary ^e  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Prospectiuni   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^d Research Institute Geology and Geophysics AD   (Bulgaria)

^e Amoco Romania   (Romania)

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