Post-Eocene strata of the southern Viking Graben, northern North Sea; integrated biostratigraphic, strontium isotopic and lithostratigraphic study

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-450

  Eidvin, Tor ^a   Rundberg, Yngve ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^b Svenska Petroleum   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; VIKING GRABEN;

BOLBOFORMA;

EID: 51849162044     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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