Reservoir architecture and diagenesis in downthrown fault block plays: The Lowlander Prospect of Block 14/20b, Witch Ground Graben, Outer Moray Firth, UK North Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 114, Issue , 1996, Pages 251-285

  McCants, C Y ^a   Burley, S D ^b  

^a Texaco Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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GLYPTOCEPHALUS CYNOGLOSSUS; PHOCIDAE; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 6244280839     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.12     Document Type: Article

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