Are carboniferous coals from the Danish North Sea oil-prone?

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 13, 2007, Pages 13-16

  Petersen, Henrik I ^a   Nytoft, Hans P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COAL; COAL MEASURES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 39549122982     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.34194/geusb.v13.4964     Document Type: Article

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