Basement reactivation and inversion mechanisms in the Timor and Norwegian seas

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 861-871

  Keep, M ^a   Harrowfield, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bonaparte Basin; Inversion; Neogene; Petroleum; Reactivation; Structure; Tectonics; V ring Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949110416     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0060861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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