Mapping palaeostructure and palaeobathymetry along the Norwegian Atlantic continental margin: Møre and Vøring basins

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-43

  Roberts, Alan M ^a   Corfield, Richard I ^b   Kusznir, Nick J ^c   Matthews, Steve J ^b   Hansen, Evan Kåre ^b   Hooper, Robert J ^d,e  

^a Badley Geoscience Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Subsurface Technology Group   (United States)

^e BHP Billiton Petroleum   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic margin; Backstripping; Break up; Norway; Palaeobathymetry; Rifting

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MARGIN; BACKSTRIPPING; BREAK-UP; NORWAY; PALAEOBATHYMETRY; RIFTING;

DOMES; HYDROCARBONS; SUBSIDENCE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; JURASSIC; MAPPING METHOD; RIFTING; TERTIARY; THERMAL MATURITY; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; MORE BASIN; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA; SCANDINAVIA; VORING BASIN;

EID: 65549140255     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-804     Document Type: Article

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