The application of sequence stratigraphy to the understanding of Late Jurassic turbidite plays in the Central North Sea, UKCS

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 114, Issue , 1996, Pages 29-45

  Carruthers, Alan ^a   Mckie, Tom ^a   Price, John ^b   Dyer, Robin ^c   Williams, Gwydion ^c   Watson, Paul ^c  

^a Badley Ashton and Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b JPX   (United Kingdom)

^c Motherwell Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 6244301932     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.114.01.02     Document Type: Article

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