3D seismic analysis of an Upper Palaeozoic carbonate succession of the Eastern Finnmark Platform area, Norwegian Barents Sea

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 79-98

  Colpaert, Arnout ^a   Pickard, Neil ^b   Mienert, Jürgen ^a   Henriksen, Leif Bjørnar ^c   Rafaelsen, Bjarne ^a   Andreassen, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b CAMBRIDGE CARBONATES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

3D seismic methods; Barents Sea; Buildup development; Seismic stratigraphy; Upper Palaeozoic carbonate platform geometry

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOZOIC; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SUCCESSION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BRYOZOA;

EID: 33947540394     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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