Forward and reverse stratigraphic modelling of Cretaceous-Tertiary post-rift subsidence and Paleogene uplift in the Outer Moray Firth Basin, central North Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 101, Issue , 1996, Pages 43-62

  Nadin, P A ^a   Kusznir, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5244275777     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.101.01.03     Document Type: Article

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