A mid-Cretaceous prograding sedimentary complex in the Sisimiut Basin, offshore West Greenland-stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-28

  Gregersen, Ulrik ^a   Skaarup, Nina ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cretaceous sequences; Sisimiut Basin; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC DATA; STRATIGRAPHIC HYDROCARBON;

HYDROCARBONS; MAPPING; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SISIMIUT BASIN; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 33846827288     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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