Temporal constraints on basin inversion provided by 3D seismic and well data: A case study from the South Viking Graben, offshore Norway

Basin Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-417

  Jackson, C A L ^a   Larsen, E ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOLDING; HANGING WALL; INVERSION TECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC DATA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; VIKING GRABEN;

EID: 51049086181     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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