Triassic lithostratigraphy of the Northern North Sea Basin

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-115

  Lervik, Kjell Sigve ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; RED BED; TRIASSIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 33845650821     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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